Illustration: At a cosmetics counter in a Japanese department store, two friends rest their forearms side by side while an assistant tests foundation samples. Their skin tones visibly differ, and each arm has several small sample dabs, with one blending closely into the surrounding skin.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

肌はだ色いろ

hadairo

skin color, skin tone

As a fixed colour name, 肌色 can imply that skin has one colour. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この点てんについては、各化粧品かくけしょうひんメーカーも承知しょうちしてるようで、自然しぜんの肌色はだいろ、肌はだの質感しつかんに極力近きょくりょくちかづけるように研究中けんきゅうちゅうらしい。

    Every cosmetics manufacturer understands this issue, and are continually researching how to get as close as possible to the natural color and feel of skin.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. この服ふくの色いろは私わたしの肌色はだいろによく合あう。

    The color of these clothes suits my skin tone.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 日焼ひやけで肌色はだいろが少すこし濃こくなった。

    My skin tone got a little darker from the sun.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 肌色

  • 肌texture; skinOnキKunはだ
  • 色colorOnショク・シキKunいろ

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