flesh-colourflesh-colorn.
/ˈflɛʃˌkʌlə/, U.S. /ˈflɛʃˌkələr/ a. The colour of the flesh (of a ‘white’ human being) as seen through the skin; usually employed to denote a tint composed of ‘a light pink with a little yellow’ (O'Neill Dyeing 1862).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
incarnationa1475
carnation?1533
peach colour1573
maiden's blush1598
maiden blush1600
flesh-colour1611
gridelinc1640
incarnadine1661
pinka1669
peach bloom1716
pompadour1761
rose pink1772
salmon-colour1813
orange-pink1820
peachiness1820
maiden rose1827
pinkiness1828
peach-blow1829
peach1831
pink madder1835
flesh-tint1839
pinkness1840
rose du Barry1847
flesh1852
almond1872
ash of roses1872
nymph-pink1872
rose Pompadour1872
salmon1873
pinkishness1874
mushroom1884
salmon-pink1884
naturelle1887
shell-pink1887
sunrise1890
sultan pink1899
mushroom colour1900
sunblush1925
flesh tone1931
magnolia1963
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Baillet, a pale red, or flesh colour.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 74 The flesh of it [water-melon] is of a flesh colour.
1882 Garden 15 July 58/2 Flowers of fine substance and form..flesh colour, suffused with pink.
b. attributive or adj.= flesh-coloured adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink
incarnatea1533
fleshy1555
incarnation1562
pallet1565
peach1583
bepurfurate1584
blush1597
carnation1598
peachy1599
peach-coloured1600
pink-coloured1600
incarnadine1605
pink1607
blush-coloured1626
blushy1626
gridelin1652
carnationeda1658
pinky1661
carneous1673
peach blossom1702
flesh-coloured1703
flesh-colour1711
mushroom-coloured1770
salmon-coloured1776
pinkish1785
salmon1786
blush-tinted1818
flesh-red1819
naturelle1873
flesh-pink1882
lilac-pink1882
pinksome1913
nude1922
magnolia-pink1931
salmony1935
magnolia1963
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 13. ¶3 He once gave him a Ripp in his flesh-colour Doublet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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