Most of the people of Earthsea are described as having brown skin. In the Archipelago, "red-brown" skin is typical; however, the people of the East Reach have darker "black-brown" complexions. The people of Osskil in the north are described as having lighter, sallow complexions, while the Kargs of the Kargad Lands are "white-skinned" and often "yellow-haired". Le Guin has criticized what she described as the general assumption in fantasy that characters should be white and the society should resemble the European Middle Ages.
most of the people of earthsea are described as having brown skin in the archipelago "red-brown" skin is typical; however the people of the east reach have darker "black-brown" complexions the people of osskil in the north are described as having lighter sallow complexions while the kargs of the kargad lands are "white-skinned" and often "yellow-haired" le guin has criticized what she described as the general assumption in fantasy that characters should be white and the society should resemble the european middle ages