skin tone

Example Sentences

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Afterwards, he returned to his apartment and edited images on his computer, adjusting light and skin tone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In his drawing Sunburned, Sir Billy shows a Tartan-clad man whose skin tone is lobster red.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

Similarly, betalains, the pigments responsible for rich reds and yellows, offer detoxifying and anti-inflammatory benefits but are excreted by the body without a visible effect on skin tone.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

We found the perfect green to work with my skin tone.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

And inside the playpen is Penny, who doesn’t have her Colombian mother’s light brown skin tone, but is instead very pale like Christian was, except right now she’s red from screaming.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera