Umntu ophilayo one-albinism okanye i-albino ngumntu okanye isilwanyana. Ulusu lwakhe neenwele zimhlophe. Imibala inika umbala eluswini nasezinweleni. La ngamasuntswana amancinane anemibala aqhele ukuba nawo wonke umntu. IiAlbhino zineembalwa okanye azikho kwaphela. Kungenxa yoko le nto ulusu lwabo okanye iinwele zabo zimhlophe. Ayisosifo, yinto nje engaqhelekanga. Ibizwa ngokuba yialbinism.
Ngaphandle kwee-pigments, ulusu luvakalelwa kakhulu kwimitha yelanga. Abantu abanealbinism batshiswa lilanga ngokulula. Yiyo loo nto bekhetha ukuhlala ngaphakathi okanye banxibe isixa esilungileyo sokukhusela ilanga.
Iialbhino ezininzi zinezinye iingxaki, ingakumbi zamehlo azo. Abanye babona kakuhle, ngelixa abanye bengaboni. Ukukrwaqula kunokubangelwa bubu-albinism. Ekubeni kungekho mbala webala, amehlo eealbhino adla ngokuba bomvu. Ngumbala wamehlo abantu lowo. Ezinye iialbhino zinezinye izifo eziqhelekileyo.
Ibhere emhlophe ayiyo albhino kuba imhlophe ngumbala wayo ofihlakeleyo kwaye zonke iibhere ezimhlophe zimhlophe. Unombombiya omhlophe kwelinye icala, yialbhino kuba uninzi loonombombiya lunentsiba ezininzi ezimnyama okanye ezinemibala. I-albinism inokuba yingozi kakhulu kwisilwanyana: izilwanyana ezininzi zidla ngokuba noboya obugubungeleyo okanye iintsiba ukuze zingagqami kwindawo esingqongileyo. Amarhamncwa azibona lula iialbhino.
Abantu abanealbinism ngamanye amaxesha bayagezelwa okanye bajongwe. Kumazwe ambalwa, abantu abaninzi bade bakholelwe kubugqi. Aba bantu boyika iialbhino. Okanye bakholelwa ukuba ukutya amalungu omzimba ealbhino kuya kukwenza ube sempilweni kwaye womelele. Ngokomzekelo, eTanzania, nyaka ngamnye kubulawa abantu abamalunga nama-30 ngenxa yoku.