Indeed, and here in the NE you should take Vitamin D in the Winter no matter what color your skin is. And it is character, not color, that matters, while as one who has suffered 2nd burns on much of my Scottish/Irish body (as a teen) just by trying to be like my friends of Italian descent (about 5 hours at the beach) then I favor a darker shade at least.
I am scotts/Irish. At age 20, I had an episode where I was sitting in the shade for 5 hrs. I had on sunscreen pf8, a light weight white long sleeved shirt and sun bonnet.
The next day, I was heavily burned, and arms swollen like sausages. That was my last day light exposure of longer than 20 minutes. Been taking Vit D3 ever since.
I prefer to be tanned, but I am what I am, so I just go around being my natural pale face.