flesh color

noun

a color that falls within the spectrum of human skin colors.
(no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).

Origin of flesh color

First recorded in 1605–15

usage alert For flesh color

While flesh color originally meant the skin tone of white people, that meaning has been criticized as exclusionary and is now considered offensive. In fact, the term is no longer commonly used without qualifying it with a specific hue, such as peach flesh color or dark flesh color . The word nude in the past has been used to describe a similar hue approximating a white person's skin color and has been criticized for the same reason.

Other words from flesh color

flesh-colored, adjective

How to use flesh color in a sentence

He is an 18-year-old young man who looks years younger, his appearance marred by a flesh-colored eye patch on his right eye.
Jerry Sandusky Trial, Day Four: ‘Was Mrs. Sandusky Home?’ | Diane Dimond | June 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
When I hit "OK," planning on depositing $6 more, there she was, sitting on the bed in a flesh-colored bra.
My $16 Videogame Striptease | Brian Ries | October 14, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
One of the giants is purple eupatorium, which sometimes carries its corymbs of flesh-colored flowers ten and twelve feet high.
A Year in the Fields | John Burroughs
Flesh-colored stockings, Petticoat decreed, and henna slippers with carved jade buckles.
Ptomaine Street | Carolyn Wells
"I've always wanted silk things," apologized Tessie, her hands fluttering among the soft flesh-colored crepes and satins.
The Amazing Inheritance | Frances R. Sterrett

"But—" faltered Tessie, looking longingly at the flesh-colored satins and crepes.
The Amazing Inheritance | Frances R. Sterrett
His gravity was in no degree diminished by the presence of a neat strip of flesh-colored court-plaster over his right eye.
The House of a Thousand Candles | Meredith Nicholson

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