Definition of Skin color

1. Noun. The coloring of a person's face.


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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skin Color

skin-magazine
skin-muscle reflexes
skin-puncture test
skin-pupillary reflex
skin-tight
skin aging
skin and bone
skin and bones
skin and connective tissue diseases
skin back
skin botflies
skin cancer
skin care
skin cell
skin color (current term)
skin colour
skin condition
skin disease
skin disorder
skin diving
skin doctor
skin dose
skin effect
skin effects
skin eruption
skin flap
skin flicks

Literary usage of Skin color

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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