• Hypopigmentation (white or lighter coloured areas of skin)
• Hyperpigmentation (darker coloured areas of skin)
  • Individual Patches
  • More Extensive
• Shape of lesion or rash
  • Annular/Ring
  • Dermatomal
  • Net Like (reticular)
  • Unusual
• Scaly / rough / peeling / crusty
  • Scaly (common)
  • Scaly (uncommon)
  • Rough and/or horny
  • Peely
  • Crusty
• Patches / plaques (patch = larger flat area of skin change / plaque = an elevated patch)
  • Lots
  • Few
• Macules / papules (macule = small flat lesion / papule = small raised lesion)
  • Head & Neck
  • Other bits
  • Uncommon
  • Viral Exanthema (measles etc.)
• Nodules (a larger raised lesion) 
  • Common
  • Uncommon
  • Others
• Pustules (small pus-filled lesions) and boils
• Vesicles / blisters (bullae)
• Ulceration / necrosis
• Vascular
• Structural changes (firm or weak patches, or altered elasticity) 
  • Firm Patches
  • Weak Patches 

• Erythroderma (a rash that covers 90% or more of the skin surface)
• Scalp and hair (hair loss or excess hair)
  • No hair loss
  • Hair loss
• Face and neck
  • Papular/Pustular
  • Other – common
  • Other – uncommon
• Eyelids
• Nose
• Mouth
• Lips
• Ears
• Neck / upper chest
  • Common
  • Uncommon
• Trunk (chest, abdomen and back)
  • Common
  • Uncommon
• Flexures (body folds eg armpits, groins and under breasts)
• Limbs – arms and legs
  • Arms & Legs
  • Lower Legs
• Hands
  • Common
  • Uncommon
• Feet
• Nails
  • Common/Important
  • All
• Genital

Brown/Black/Blue

• Flat and small (less than 1cm diameter)
• Flat and larger (more than 1cm diameter)
  • Visual guide
• Raised

Red/Pink/Purple/Skin Colour

• Flat, and smooth to touch
• Scaly / crusty (usually rough to touch)
• Raised, and soft or wobbly to touch – either sessile (broad-based) or pedunculated (on a stalk)
• Raised, smooth and firm to touch, skin-coloured
• Raised, smooth and firm to touch, pink-red or purple
• Subcutaneous / deep seated (much of the lesion sits under the skin surface)

White

Yellow

Orange

• Dermatopathology index
• Acne and other follicular disorders
• Blistering skin conditions
• Deep skin disorders
  
• Differential diagnosis of itchy skin
• Disorders of sweating and sweat
• Eczema, dermatitis and allergies
• Erosions and ulcers
• Immunological disorders
• Lesions, tumours and cancers
• Pigmentation problems
• Pustular skin conditions
• Reactions to external agents
• Scaly skin conditions
  
• Skin of colour
• Skin signs and systemic disease
• The mind and the skin
• Tropical skin diseases
• Vascular skin problems