flesh-colored

adjective

: having the color of a person's skin

a rash that appears as flesh-colored bumps

also, dated, usually offensive : having a tan or beige color

Note: This use of flesh-colored is considered to be offensive as it assumes that the color of a white person's skin (see white entry 1 sense 2a) is the norm.

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above