. . . shaved chimps actually have white skin. The only dark skin is on parts of their body with less hair. www.thelifefiles.com/.../dont-do-drugs-you-might-end-up-like-this/
[Chimpanzees] are extraordinarily variable in skin color, running from a grayish pink that is almost white to black, with several yellowish shades between. Their color range is essentially the same as in the races of man . . . (Coon, C.S. The Origin of Races Alfred A Knopf: NY, 1962, page 145 cited in Fuerlen Richard D. ErectusWalks Amongst Us: The evolution of modern humans Spooner Press, NY, 2008, Chapter 6, footnote 9.)