flesh-colored
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4.2
- adjective
- /flɛʃˈkoʊlɚd/
:
color carne
- A tubular flesh-colored wart hung from one eyelid.
- flesh-colored stockings
- flesh-colored dress
- flesh-colored tights
I'm going to make the flesh colored, the Santa skin now and then we're going to ice this thing up.
- I'm going to make the flesh colored, the Santa skin now and then we're going to ice this thing up.
Examples
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Michael stares blankly at the voice-emitting mask; the thing is flesh-colored, smooth, a mouth sewn up and healed over.
Fiction book (1997) -
A big, rectangular, flesh-colored Band-Aid covered much of his hairy forearm.
Fiction book (1995) -
When I was a child, I used to put pieces of flesh-colored clay on my own nose to try to make it look different.
Fiction book (2001) -
He looked damp and pale, not nearly as pink as the flesh-colored frames of his glasses.
Fiction book (1998) -
Even the little leg was zipped into some sort of knitted arrangement, like a flesh-colored Christmas stocking.
Fiction book (2002) -
January! -- thick, flesh-colored stockings, and black, high-top shoes, with heels thick as sofa legs.
Fiction book (1991) -
She was a tall, conservatively dressed woman with flesh-colored hair and matching fingernails.
Fiction book (2002) -
She wore a flesh-colored dress that blended with her skin tone.
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The artist selected a flesh-colored palette for the portrait.
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He applied a flesh-colored bandage to cover the cut on his arm.
Synonyms
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1.0
A light brown colour like leather
21
1.0
A pale pinkish-yellow color like light pink mixed with pale yellow
17
1.0
A pale light brown colour often used for walls or clothes
10
2.4
Not dark in color, often pale like white
8
2.5
Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream
6
3.8
A light brown colour like human skin
1
2.7
A pale pinkish orange color like a ripe peach
1
1.4
A light red color like a rose
1
2.6
A light pink color like that of a rose
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5.7
A pale yellow-brown color like light leather
A pale pinkish orange color like a ripe peach
A pale brown or light cream color that looks like almond skin
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
A pale yellowish white color like cream
A light color that is not strong
Having a light color that is not bright
How Pale
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word flesh-colored is made from flesh and colored, where flesh means 'meat' or 'the body' and colored means 'having a color'. So flesh-colored means 'the color of skin' and is used for makeup, bandages, or clothes that match a person's skin tone.