Phrase guide

skin color

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The color of human skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, literally, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One's ethnicity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the coloring of a person's face

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: complexion, skin colour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: color, colour, coloring, colouring

Narrower terms: paleness, blondness, fairness, ruddiness, rosiness, lividness, lividity, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia, sallowness, tawniness, darkness, duskiness, swarthiness, whiteness

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 膚色 /肤色 (fūsè) — color of human skin
  • Czech: barva pleti — color of human skin
  • Danish: hudfarve — color of human skin
  • Dutch: huidskleur — color of human skin
  • Faroese: húðarlitur — color of human skin
  • Finnish: ihonväri — color of human skin
  • French: teint — color of human skin
  • French: couleur de la peau — color of human skin
  • French: complexion — color of human skin
  • German: Hautfarbe — color of human skin
  • German: Teint — color of human skin
  • Japanese: 肌の色 (hada-no iro) — color of human skin
  • Japanese: 肌色 (hadairo) — color of human skin
  • Kazakh: түр-түс (tür-tüs) — color of human skin
  • Korean: 피부색 (pibusaek) — color of human skin
  • Malay: warna kulit — color of human skin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hudfarge — color of human skin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hamlet — color of human skin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hudfarge — color of human skin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hamlet — color of human skin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teint — color of human skin
  • Russian: цвет ко́жи (cvet kóži) — color of human skin
  • Swedish: hudfärg — color of human skin
  • Swedish: hudton — color of human skin
  • Ukrainian: колір шкіри (kolir škiry) — color of human skin
  • Vietnamese: màu da — color of human skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 種族 /种族 (zhǒngzú) — ethnicity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膚色 /肤色 (fūsè) — ethnicity
  • Czech: barva pleti — ethnicity
  • Danish: hudfarve — ethnicity
  • Finnish: ihonväri — ethnicity
  • French: couleur de la peau — ethnicity
  • German: Hautfarbe — ethnicity
  • Japanese: 肌の色 (hada-no iro) — ethnicity
  • Malay: warna kulit — ethnicity
  • Russian: цвет ко́жи (cvet kóži) — ethnicity