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what is the correct term for this colour?

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kjmpde Tue 25-Jan-22 18:55:48

as a child growing up , the pale pink/beige colour was called Flesh coloured. In our multi cultural society, I think this is no longer an appropriate term so how would you describe it ?

Ilovecheese Tue 25-Jan-22 19:02:02

Blush pink?

Aldom Tue 25-Jan-22 19:05:56

Calamine, pale rose, peach.

Marydoll Tue 25-Jan-22 19:13:06

I found this.

USAGE ALERT ABOUT FLESH COLOUR
While flesh colour originally meant the skin tone of white people, that meaning has been criticized as exclusionary and is now considered offensive. In fact, the term is no longer commonly used without qualifying it with a specific hue, such as peach flesh colour or dark flesh colour . The word nude in the past has been used to describe a similar hue approximating a white person's skin color and has been criticized for the same reason.

It's difficult to think of an appropriate word.

Ilovecheese Tue 25-Jan-22 19:14:04

Yes, maybe peach is closer than pink

Blossoming Tue 25-Jan-22 19:15:13

I bought some knickers labelled ‘Almond’ that fill that bill for me ?

M0nica Tue 25-Jan-22 20:14:48

Flesh is blood red anyway, so the word was always a misnomer for the colour. I have always called it 'underwear pink' because in my youth corsets were always that colour.

Cherrytree59 Tue 25-Jan-22 20:16:25

Insipid smile

Lauren59 Tue 25-Jan-22 20:23:34

When I taught children the school had sets of colours in a box called “People Colours”. There were many different shades of brown, peach and other skin colours.

Jaxjacky Tue 25-Jan-22 21:11:11

Nude.

AmberSpyglass Tue 25-Jan-22 21:13:28

Jax Nude has the same problem as flesh…

janeainsworth Tue 25-Jan-22 21:16:07

Germolene pink, surely?
A National Trust property was painted that colour some years ago & it caused outrage grin

janeainsworth Tue 25-Jan-22 21:19:51

the Earl of Belmore had to fight the trust to prevent it painting the drawing room at Castle Coole in Northern Ireland "germolene pink".
www.independent.co.uk/news/heritage-national-trust-blamed-for-soulless-stateley-homes-1259966.html?amp

NotTooOld Tue 25-Jan-22 21:24:07

I was just going to say germolene pink. Now I'm wondering, isn't all flesh the same colour? Isn't it only the skin that varies? If so, we could stick to 'flesh coloured'.

Casdon Tue 25-Jan-22 21:59:13

I don’t think anybody ever had skin the colour of germolene though did they?

VioletSky Tue 25-Jan-22 22:02:33

Have always called it peach?

Grammaretto Tue 25-Jan-22 22:19:38

Peaches are not really the same colour as "flesh" .
Cameo pink (or ladies' underwear) describes it better to me.
What was meant by an olive complexion?

BlueBelle Tue 25-Jan-22 22:36:02

Peach is definitely much deeper and with an orange tint to it so peach is not the term
Caucasian flesh is a myriad of colours, from alabaster to ruddy, some people have tints of bronze some so pale as ivory just as black skin can go from lightly tanned to ebony

lemsip Tue 25-Jan-22 22:51:14

I'd never heard of flesh colour. at all. ..... re make- up theres pinks then sandy beige etc . for face moisturisers

remember American tan tights?

Marydoll Tue 25-Jan-22 22:57:20

My convent school insisted on flesh coloured tights.

Grammaretto Tue 25-Jan-22 23:10:25

I can remember American tan lemsip it was like an artificial suntan. Does anyone remember using clear nail varnish to stop ladders?

BlueSky Wed 26-Jan-22 00:14:07

I quite like almond.

OnwardandUpward Wed 26-Jan-22 00:22:10

Trinny called it "biscuit beige" lol

Bodach Wed 26-Jan-22 00:25:29

I don't know about the rest of you, but the various different parts of my body are entirely different colours - ranging from pasty whiteish with flecks of grey, through purple blotched to dirty brown. Take your pick!

poshpaws Wed 26-Jan-22 00:26:38

I remember American Tan so well that if anyone my age asks how I prefer my cup of tea, I automatically reply "American Tan please"!

Wasn't it M&S who sold almost nothing but "natural" or "American Tan" for years?

And yes, to the nail varnish to stop ladders. (Or soap as a last resort.)