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Definition of Skin color
1. Noun. The coloring of a person's face.
Generic synonyms: Color, Coloring, Colour, Colouring
Specialized synonyms: Blondness, Fairness, Paleness, Rosiness, Ruddiness, Achromasia, Lividity, Lividness, Luridness, Paleness, Pallidness, Pallor, Wanness, Sallowness, Tawniness, Darkness, Duskiness, Swarthiness, Whiteness
Attributes: Blond, Blonde, Light-haired, Brunet, Brunette
Derivative terms: Complexion
Definition of Skin color
1. Noun. (qualifier literally) The color of human skin. ¹
2. Noun. (qualifier figuratively) One's ethnicity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Skin color
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1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"I skin color OF MULATTOES Apparently Four Factors Involved—Segregation in Second
... skin color is said to show a typical blending, as in the mulatto, ..."
2. Inheritance in Poultry by Charles Benedict Davenport (1906)
"skin color. The epidermis of poultry is everywhere covered by feathers except on
the beak, face, and feet. The naked portions may, however, have a different ..."
3. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"HUMAN SKIN COLOU Finally, in man the skin-color of mulattoes, in hybrids between
blacks and whites, has often been mentioned as a case of blending ..."
4. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"skin color The pigment of the skin is due to brown granules lying in the deep
stratum of the skin. Such granules occur in most people, are common in brunets ..."
5. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"skin color The pigment of the skin is due to brown granules lying in the deep
stratum of the skin. Such granules occur in most people, are common in brunets ..."
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