nude
offensive
a word used to describe something that is a colour between pink and pale brown, which is now considered offensive because it refers to the skin colour of white people and suggests that people with skin of other colours are less important
The ice skaters wore flesh-coloured skates to match their tights.
Her prosthetic leg is covered in realistic-looking flesh-coloured fabric.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Less common colours
apple green
argent
ashy
avocado
baby blue
carmine
cerise
dun
emerald
puce
racing green
ruddily
rust
saffron
salmon pink
sanguine
sapphire
shocking pink
sky blue
verdure
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The skin, & skin colour