The aim of the following work is to determine how human figures are treated, according to their skin colour, in the illustrations included in the school texts of the First Stage of Basic Education in Venezuela. The aim is to disentangle the values, stereotypes and prejudices that remain in our society’s collective unconscious, in particular when these teaching tools are used in the classroom very often. To achieve the objective, the ideological analysis technique of iconic texts was applied in order to disentangle the subliminal message. The technique included categories such as skin colour, sex, activity, occupation associated with the activity, year of last edition of the text and school degree for which it is targeted. The results obtained from the analysis of a total of 10.161 images of human figures taken from illustrations of 42 texts showed that, despite the fact that Venezuelan society is self-defined as non-racist, discriminatory features remain unconsciously expressed through the images of school texts, which reinforces the stereotypes and dominant values towards the different ethnic groups.The following paper examines the importance given to the skin colour of the people appealing in Venezuelan Elementary School Textbook Illustrations. It aims at unveiling the values, Prejudices, and stereotypes reverting in our society’s collective engagement. Particularly, when educational tools are purposefully used in the classroom. To achieve the objective, ideological analysis of ICONIC textbooks was applied in order to cover the underwriting message. The technique including categories such as skin colour, gender, activity, arranging associated to the activity, textbook’s last year’s edition and school grade to which it is attached. 10.161 images of human figures, extracted from 42 textbooks, were analysed. Results found that depicted the Venezuelan society’s self-definition as non-racist, there are still some discriminatory features unconsciously expressed in the images in the textbooks. This is thought to reinforce dominant stereotypes and values touching different ethnic groups.