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High yellow, occasionally simply yellow ( dialect: yaller, yella ), is a term used to describe a light-skinned person of white and black ancestry. It is also used as a slang for those thought to have "yellow undertones". [ 1] The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century ...
The skin color of people with light skin is determined mainly by the bluish-white connective tissue under the dermis and by the hemoglobin circulating in the veins of the dermis. The red color underlying the skin becomes more visible, especially in the face, when, as consequence of physical exercise or sexual arousal , or the stimulation of the ...
Redbone is a term historically used in much of the southern United States to denote a multiracial individual or culture. Among African Americans the term has been slang for fairer-skinned Black people, often for women specifically or for Black people with red undertones.
A study conducted in 2018 by the University of Texas Rio Grande found that lighter-complected Black people were found to be more successful in society than their darker-skinned counterparts ...
Light skin. Light skin is a human skin color that has a low level of eumelanin pigmentation as an adaptation to environments of low UV radiation. [ 1][ 2] Due to migrations of people in recent centuries, light-skinned populations today are found all over the world. [ 2][ 3] Light skin is most commonly found amongst the native populations of ...
A woman with dark skin. Dark skin is a type of human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments. [1] [2] [3] People with dark skin are often referred to as black people, [4] although this usage can be ambiguous in some countries where it is also used to specifically refer to different ethnic groups or populations.
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...
t. e. Discrimination based on skin tone, also known as colorism or shadeism, is a form of prejudice and discrimination in which people of certain ethnic groups, or people who are perceived as belonging to a different-skinned racial group, are treated differently based on their different skin tone. [ 1][ 2] Colorism focuses on how racism is ...