Children’s books often portray Adam and Eve with light colored skin. However, using basic genetics, if Adam and Eve were both light colored, then all of their children, including people today, would be light colored. If Adam and Eve were both dark colored, then all people today would be dark colored. Neither of these scenarios is possible because there are people with dark, medium, and light colored skin throughout the world. However, if Adam was dark colored and Eve was light colored, then they would be able to produce a wide variety of children. Or, if they both had medium-colored skin and had the genetics for light and dark skin, that would also allow for the diversity of colors we see today.