flesh-colored
- a word derived from flesh color.
Example Sentences
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Another person posted about a missing person’s tattoos: “She has a flesh-colored crown on the right shoulder, a champagne glass on the left shoulder as well as 2 stars.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
A longer version featured layers of diagonal ruffles, some left unfinished and trailing behind, worn with chunky flesh-colored booties with sculptural heels.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
At that moment, they see in the rubble the “gleaming, flesh-colored, plastic thigh and leg of a baby doll.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2018
As the dancers stepped and jumped, he swung at them with a round, flesh-colored object — a goat’s bladder, he later revealed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2017
She added little round seeds and the scrapings of a gnarled, flesh-colored root; furry, blue-gray leaves and pale orange blossoms.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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