Rasm653u [He/him] to Ask LemmygradEnglish · edit-22 years agoHow would you describe white (Caucasian) people's skin color?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareHow would you describe white (Caucasian) people's skin color?Rasm653u [He/him] to Ask LemmygradEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squarelortylinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years 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-up15·2 years 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-up5·2 years 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.