肌はだ色いろ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

flesh color; pale orange

sensitive

Traditionally refers to a light peach or pale orange color associated with Japanese skin tone. This sense is sensitive; in modern contexts, the term can be considered outdated or racially insensitive, and alternatives like ペールオレンジ or 薄橙 are sometimes preferred.

昔むかしのクレヨンには「肌はだ色いろ」という名な前まえの色いろがあった。

Old crayon sets had a color named 'flesh color'.

その壁かべは肌はだ色いろに近ちかい淡あわいオレンジで塗ぬられていた。

The wall was painted a pale orange close to flesh color.

2

noun

skin color; skin tone

Neutral term for a person's actual skin color or complexion. Unlike sense 1, this usage is not inherently sensitive and simply describes appearance.

日ひ焼やけして肌はだ色いろが少すこし濃こくなった。
My skin color got a little darker from sunburn.
彼かの女じょは生うまれつき肌はだ色いろが白しろい。
She has naturally fair skin.

Usage patterns

肌はだ色いろの〈物もの〉flesh-colored ~ (e.g. crayon, paint)
肌はだ色いろのクレヨンで顔かおを塗ぬった。
I colored the face in with a flesh-colored crayon.
〈人ひと〉の肌はだ色いろがいいsomeone's skin tone looks healthy
旅りょ行こうから帰かえってきた彼かれは肌はだ色いろがよく、健けん康こう的てきに見みえた。
He came back from his trip with a healthy skin tone.

Kanji

肌texture, skin, body
色color
膚skin, body, grain

Related words

ペールオレンジ sense 1
ペールオレンジ is the modern, neutral loanword for the pale orange color that 肌色 traditionally denoted, and is preferred where 肌色 might sound insensitive.
うすだいだい sense 1
薄橙 is a native Japanese color term for pale orange used as a neutral replacement for the traditional color sense of 肌色.

Built from

肌はだ+色いろ

Written forms

肌はだ色いろUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
はだ色いろUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form.
膚はだ色いろ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 肌 (はだ, 'skin') and 色 (いろ, 'color'). The traditional color sense arose from equating a light peach tone with Japanese skin, but this usage is now often avoided.