Meanings
nounskin color (countable and uncountable, plural skin colors)
plural skin colors · alternative skin colour
- countablefigurativelyuncountableOne's ethnicity.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 膚色 /肤色, 種族 /种族
- 膚色 /肤色 (fūsè)color of human skin
- 種族 /种族 (zhǒngzú)ethnicity
- 膚色 /肤色 (fūsè)ethnicity
Czech barva pleti, barva pleti
- barva pleticolor of human skin
- barva pletiethnicity
Danish hudfarve, hudfarve
- hudfarvecolor of human skin
- hudfarveethnicity
Dutch huidskleur
- huidskleurcolor of human skin
Finnish ihonväri, ihonväri
- ihonväricolor of human skin
- ihonväriethnicity
French teint, couleur de la peau
- teintcolor of human skin
- couleur de la peaucolor of human skin
- complexioncolor of human skin
- couleur de la peauethnicity
German Hautfarbe, Teint
- Hautfarbecolor of human skin
- Teintcolor of human skin
- Hautfarbeethnicity
Japanese 肌の色, 肌色
- 肌の色 (hada-no iro)color of human skin
- 肌色 (hadairo)color of human skin
- 肌の色 (hada-no iro)ethnicity
Korean 피부색
- 피부색 (pibusaek)color of human skin
Malay warna kulit, warna kulit
- warna kulitcolor of human skin
- warna kulitethnicity
Norwegian Bokmål hudfarge, hamlet
- hudfargecolor of human skin
- hamletcolor of human skin
Russian цвет ко́жи, цвет ко́жи
- цвет ко́жи (cvet kóži)color of human skin
- цвет ко́жи (cvet kóži)ethnicity
Swedish hudfärg, hudton
- hudfärgcolor of human skin
- hudtoncolor of human skin
Ukrainian колір шкіри
- колір шкіри (kolir škiry)color of human skin
Vietnamese màu da
- màu dacolor of human skin
Cite this entry
APA
skin color. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20color
MLA
“skin color.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20color. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skin color,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20color.
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