These works are an exploration of the idea of "colorism" and "brown bag parties" within Black America. The concept of lighter skin tone being "more beautiful" and "desirable" is cross-cultural and exists all over the world. Castes systems developed as a result of this way of thinking. These are a series of mixed-media pieces. The portraits are both acrylic and oil paintings and the backgrounds are made up of paper grocery bags. Each subject's skin tone is being "tested" against the paper bags.