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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Because sometimes for a dark-skinned Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that's all there is out there.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
He’s described as a dark-skinned man with a heavy build.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Sometimes for a dark-skinned, Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that’s all there was out there.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
As classic as those films are, none of those leads are dark-skinned.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
He’s described as a dark-skinned man with a heavy build.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Sometimes for a dark-skinned, Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that’s all there was out there.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
As classic as those films are, none of those leads are dark-skinned.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Dark-skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark-skinned. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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