People often wonder about skin color variation. Skin tones – shades of black BLACK MEN SKIN TONES Obviously, my list isn’t complete, but it does cover much of the gambit. I’ve taken the liberty of breaking down the different shades of black men, based on research and conversations with others. The truth is I was able to find TONS of pictures of super-hot black men with different skin tones. Well, it turns out that her advice was dead on. Having nothing to lose, I figured why not.