Rasm653u [He/him] 🔻 to Ask LemmygradEnglish · edit-24 months agoHow would you describe white (Caucasian) people's skin color?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareHow would you describe white (Caucasian) people's skin color?Rasm653u [He/him] 🔻 to Ask LemmygradEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarelortylinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 months agoI find fascinating how skin color is very obvious to eveyone but is incredibly difficult to get right when painting.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-24 months agoIt’s the undertones. Whites have an undertone of blue/red that’s hard to get quite right if you just focus on the surface color. Learning about makeup helps.
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoIt’s the green that everyone misses. Skin has a greenish undertone, a lot of the time.
I find fascinating how skin color is very obvious to eveyone but is incredibly difficult to get right when painting.
It’s the undertones. Whites have an undertone of blue/red that’s hard to get quite right if you just focus on the surface color. Learning about makeup helps.
It’s the green that everyone misses. Skin has a greenish undertone, a lot of the time.