skintone

English

Etymology

From skin +‎ tone.

Noun

skintone (plural skintones)

1. The colour of a person's skin.
   • 1985, Doris Pooser, Always in Style with Color Me Beautiful, Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 147:

     In order to classify your coloring and thus find your “season,” it is necessary to look at your skintone, hair, and eye color. It is possible to identify the undertone, intensity, and clarity of each of these. Winter and Summer women have a blue base to their skintone and eye color.

   • 1992, Janet Filderman, Perfect Skin, London: Vermilion, →ISBN:

     Using hair or eye colour as the basis for colour planning is not always successful because many women have their hair treated with colour rinses. These change with washing and exposure to sun, chlorine and pollutants, and their reflection can alter the apparent skintone. […] If you wish to find out more about the fascinating subject of colour, you might like to have your skintone analyzed by a colour consultant who will come to your home and go through your wardrobe with you.

   • 1995, JoAnna Nicholson, 110 Mistakes Working Women Make and How to Avoid Them: Dressing Smart in the ’90s, Impact Publications, →ISBN, pages 49 and 69:

     Other excellent colors: your skintone […] The most common mistakes here are wearing a watch that is too sporty for your business attire; one that has a band in a color that doesn’t go with your outfit or look good with your skintone;