light skin
Pale skin tone
Light skin refers to a relatively pale complexion, especially among people whose ethnic background includes darker-skinned ancestors.
The term often appears in discussions of colorism—discrimination based on skin tone within racial groups: She was told she had it easier because of her light skin.
In Black American vernacular, lightskin (one word) functions as a noun or adjective describing a person with this complexion, sometimes with stereotyped personality traits attached: He's such a lightskin, always in his feelings.
- paleLacking color intensity
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- complexionSkin tone, appearance
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- ivoryTusk-derived material
peaches and cream · cream · milky · translucent · freckles · blush · rosy · alabaster · peaches · sunburn · sun damage · melanin · pigment · tan · SPF · sunscreen · flushed · pallor
light skindark skin
Heavily pigmented human coloring
dark-skinned · brown skin · olive skin · tan skin · bronze skin
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