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what is the correct term for this colour?

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

Insipid smile

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.

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

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

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

Yes, maybe peach is closer than pink

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.

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

Calamine, pale rose, peach.

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

Blush pink?

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 ?