dark-skinned
adjective
: having a brown skin tone : having dark pigmentation of the skin
Uncle Shelton was a thin, dark-skinned black man with a sharp conk and a soft-spoken voice.—
Drew T. Brown III
Drew T. Brown IIIThe dark-skinned Aboriginals, thought to have migrated from mainland Southeast Asia 40,000 years ago, numbered 300,000 when the first British settlers arrived.—Seymour Topping
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Police described the man as dark-skinned with a heavy build.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
In the next room, a sculpture comprising a circle of coconuts and three conch shells, and titled Coral, Coconut Portal, frames another painting, Allegory of Liberation, showing a dark-skinned girl with horns and flowing black hair.
—Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
When Date Night first debuted in September 2023, consumers were quick to point out that its 15-shade range, billed as being adaptive to one’s skin tone, didn’t fully cater to dark-skinned consumers.
—Noor Lobad, WWD, 25 Sep. 2024
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
In the next room, a sculpture comprising a circle of coconuts and three conch shells, and titled Coral, Coconut Portal, frames another painting, Allegory of Liberation, showing a dark-skinned girl with horns and flowing black hair.
—Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
When Date Night first debuted in September 2023, consumers were quick to point out that its 15-shade range, billed as being adaptive to one’s skin tone, didn’t fully cater to dark-skinned consumers.
—Noor Lobad, WWD, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Dark-skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark-skinned. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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