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Meaning of "skin colour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SKIN COLOUR

skin colour  [skɪn ˈkʌlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKIN COLOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skin colour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SKIN COLOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

skin colour

Human skin color

Human skin color ranges in variety from the darkest brown to the lightest pinkish-white hues. Human skin pigmentation is the result of natural selection. Skin pigmentation in human beings evolved to primarily regulate the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating the skin, controlling its biochemical effects. The actual skin color of different humans is affected by many substances, although the single most important substance determining human skin color is the pigment melanin. Melanin is produced within the skin in cells called melanocytes and it is the main determinant of the skin color of darker-skinned humans. 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 the stimulation of the nervous system, arterioles dilate. There is a direct correlation between the geographic distribution of UV radiation and the distribution of indigenous skin pigmentation around the world.

Definition of skin colour in the English dictionary

The definition of skin colour in the dictionary is the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKIN COLOUR


bicolor
ˈbaɪˌkʌlə
color
ˈkʌlə
colour
ˈkʌlə
culler
ˈkʌlə
decolor
diːˈkʌlə
decolour
diːˈkʌlə
discolor
dɪsˈkʌlə
discolour
dɪsˈkʌlə
encolour
ɪnˈkʌlə
miscolour
ˌmɪsˈkʌlə
multicolor
ˈmʌltɪˌkʌlə
noncolor
nɒnˈkʌlə
off-color
ˌɒfˈkʌlə
off-colour
ˌɒfˈkʌlə
overcolor
ˌəʊvəˈkʌlə
overcolour
ˌəʊvəˈkʌlə
recolor
riːˈkʌlə
recolour
riːˈkʌlə
versicolor
ˈvɜːsɪˌkʌlə
watercolour
ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKIN COLOUR

skin
skin and bone
skin cancer
skin color
skin deep
skin disease
skin diver
skin diving
skin effect
skin flick
skin food
skin friction
skin game
skin graft
skin grafting
skin mag
skin magazine
skin patch
skin test
skin up

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKIN COLOUR

a horse of another colour
bicolour
body colour
dolour
eye colour
false colour
flour
four-colour
ground colour
hair colour
local colour
multicolour
off colour
oil colour
person of colour
primary colour
secondary colour
technicolour
three-colour
tone colour
tricolour

Synonyms and antonyms of skin colour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «skin colour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKIN COLOUR

Find out the translation of skin colour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skin colour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skin colour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肤色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

color de la piel
570 millions of speakers

English

skin colour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

त्वचा का रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لون البشرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цвет кожи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cor da pele
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গায়ের রঙ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couleur de la peau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Warna kulit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hautfarbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

皮膚色
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피부색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Werna kulit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu da
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோல் நிறம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्वचा रंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ten rengi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il colore della pelle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolor skóry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колір шкіри
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culoarea pielii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το χρώμα του δέρματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

velkleur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hudfärg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hudfarge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skin colour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIN COLOUR»

The term «skin colour» is regularly used and occupies the 76.272 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIN COLOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «skin colour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «skin colour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skin colour

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4 QUOTES WITH «SKIN COLOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word skin colour.
1
Jean M. Auel
I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with people who were different, not just superficially different - such as hair colour, or eye colour, or skin colour - but different in some significant way.
2
Johan Cruyff
Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this problem with someone from the same background who had come through it. And that was Edgar Davids. During one of our fights, I pointed that out to him. But it had nothing to do with his skin colour.
3
Giles Foden
It's the swirling river of time that makes our identities, not the monochromatic simplicity of skin colour or the definitive lines of international borders.
4
Keith Henson
Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIN COLOUR»

Discover the use of skin colour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skin colour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cultures of Colour: Visual, Material, Textual
Morena, prieta and güera are all adjectives that refer to particular types of skin colour. Morena and prieta are very similar in their meaning; they both refer to a female with dark skin colour, or to be more precise, with 'darker-than-others' skin  ...
Chris Horrocks, 2012
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Medical Surgical Nursing
When observing changes in skin colour, or tissue shape, always compare one side of the body with other to differentiate structural from pathological changes as well as symmetry of manifestation. 6. Record the data: • Unrecorded data are lost  ...
Basavanthappa, 2003
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Anthropologica
Articles Abstract: This paper uses ethnographic material on the Christian middle class in the South Indian state of Kerala, to explore the significance of skin colour as symbolic capital for marriage and dowry negotiations. Within the social ...
4
Visual Informatics: Bridging Research and Practice: First ...
The result is a ROI with constant average value of skin colour as well as lip colour in desired rectangular window. In the case of RGB region of interest, needed values can be calculated by averaging each colour plans separately for selected  ...
Halimah Badioze Zaman, Peter Robinson, Maria Petrou, 2009
5
Textbook of Aging Skin
There are no clear differences in the overall number of melanocytes between the races [3]. Differences in skin colour between the races are mainly attributed to variations in melanosomes. Melanosomes are tissue-specific lysosome-related ...
Miranda A. Farage, Kenneth W. Miller, Howard I. Maibach, 2010
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Psychology and Race
Can they grasp the distinctions of such features as skin colour, culture and of nationality which define different ethnic groups? Skin colour, as such, was plainly an important factor in the development of attitudes among the children in the ...
Peter Watson, 1974
7
The Environmental Threat to the Skin
Perceived skin colour is influenced by many factors including the skin surface ( e.g. humidity, oiliness and scaling), the blood perfusion of the skin, structures in the corium and the corium/subcutis interface (e.g. blue nevus), skin temperature,1  ...
Ronald Marks, Gerd Plewig, 1991
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Young Children and Racial Justice: Taking Action for Racial ...
We cannot change our skin colour. (Mother of black teenager, Anthony Walker, murdered in Liverpool in July 2005) It is indeed a terrible thing if anyone should even think about changing their skin colour for any reason whatsoever. No one ...
Jane Lane, 2008
9
Principles and Practice of Skin Toxicology
Quantification of skin colour is one area where biophysical skin analysis can outperform human evaluations. Contemporary equipment is sensitive, accurate and highly reproducible. Colour measurements are particularly suited to assessing ...
Robert Chilcott, Shirley Price, 2008
10
The Book of Skin
To snip short the long story I am about to spin out, skin- colour cannot but be significant in human history (though, to be sure, in very different ways at different times and places) because colour is skin. Sometime during the eighteenth century in ...
Steven Connor, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKIN COLOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skin colour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Arthritis drug restores skin colour in vitiligo patient
NEW YORK, A drug used for treating rheumatoid arthritis has restored skin colour in a female patient suffering from vitiligo -- a common, skin condition where ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
2
Salmon 'bored' of skin colour talk
Screen star Colin Salmon has said that he is fed up with references to his skin colour after he was tipped as the next James Bond. «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
3
TV presenter in race row over twins' skin colour
Sunrise host Samantha Armytage comes under fire for a comment made during a broadcast last month congratulating a mixed race twin on her "fair skin". «Manawatu Standard, Apr 15»
4
Europeans were dark-skinned until 8000 years ago
Photographed are two participants in the BBC's Trading Races where members of the British public spent several days dressed with a different skin colour. «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
5
Sharad Yadav Sexist Comments on Women's Skin Colour Causes …
NEW DELHI: The Janata Dal United Leader Sharad Yadav made a sexist comment on Thursday about South Indian women in Rajya Sabha. During a debate on ... «The New Indian Express, Mar 15»
6
Aylmer twin sisters couldn't be more different due to quirk in mixed …
Fair-haired Lucy, who lives with her family in Gloucester, said: 'It was such a shock for her because things like skin colour don't show up on scans before birth. «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Apple Inc iOS 8.3 to include emojis with different skin colour options
AP Photo/Apple Inc.This combination made from images provided by Apple Inc. shows new emoji, the cute graphics that punctuate online writing and texts, that ... «Financial Post, Feb 15»
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How a white baby can be born to a black mother - the statistics of …
Melanin is the pigmentation in skin that determines a person's skin colour. Groups of people whose ancestors lived closer to the equator - where there's more UV ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Lifesaving heart tests could be done from home - with a webcam that …
The technology records the subtle changes in skin colour which occur due to uneven ... However the skin on the face is thinner than other parts of the body and ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
10
Children 'ordered to line up according to skin colour' at South …
Children were told to line up according to their skin colour as part of a primary school lesson – with one boy later picked on because he was said to be the ... «Daily Mail, May 14»

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