flesh color

usage alert about flesh color

While flesh color originally meant the skin tone of white people, that meaning has been criticized as exclusionary and is now considered offensive. In fact, the term is no longer commonly used without qualifying it with a specific hue, such as peach flesh color or dark flesh color . The word nude in the past has been used to describe a similar hue approximating a white person's skin color and has been criticized for the same reason.

noun

a color that falls within the spectrum of human skin colors.

(no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).

Origin of flesh color

First recorded in 1605–15

OTHER WORDS FROM flesh color

flesh-colored, adjective

Words nearby flesh color

Flensburg, flense, flerovium, flesh, flesh and blood, flesh color, fleshed, flesher, flesh fly, fleshhook, fleshings

Example sentences from the Web for flesh color

Its color is yellowish or flesh-color, with whitish edges and a central band.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
The gills are deeply decurrent, close, whitish, then flesh-color.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
After a good deal of deliberation, and many interrogatories, I was enregistered as No. 1, flesh-color.
The Monikins|J. Fenimore Cooper
The legs are yellowish, or reddish-yellow, and sometimes of flesh-color.
Sheep, Swine, and Poultry|Robert Jennings

In only two details were they agreed: faces and hands were to have flesh-color, and lips were to be painted red.
Walter Pieterse|Multatuli

单词	flesh color
释义	flesh color usage alert about flesh color While flesh color originally meant the skin tone of white people, that meaning has been criticized as exclusionary and is now considered offensive. In fact, the term is no longer commonly used without qualifying it with a specific hue, such as peach flesh color or dark flesh color . The word nude in the past has been used to describe a similar hue approximating a white person's skin color and has been criticized for the same reason. noun a color that falls within the spectrum of human skin colors. (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person). Origin of flesh color First recorded in 1605–15 OTHER WORDS FROM flesh color flesh-colored, adjective Words nearby flesh color Flensburg, flense, flerovium, flesh, flesh and blood, flesh color, fleshed, flesher, flesh fly, fleshhook, fleshings Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flesh color Its color is yellowish or flesh-color, with whitish edges and a central band. The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide\|Augusta Foote Arnold The gills are deeply decurrent, close, whitish, then flesh-color. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise\|M. E. Hard After a good deal of deliberation, and many interrogatories, I was enregistered as No. 1, flesh-color. The Monikins\|J. Fenimore Cooper The legs are yellowish, or reddish-yellow, and sometimes of flesh-color. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry\|Robert Jennings In only two details were they agreed: faces and hands were to have flesh-color, and lips were to be painted red. Walter Pieterse\|Multatuli
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