肌色

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 肌色 is read はだいろ.
• Basic usage: It refers to a person's skin tone and, in the context of older art supplies, can also appear as a color label on paint.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Different skin tones
  • 異なる肌色 acknowledges that people's skin tones vary.
• A historical color label
  • 肌色と書かれた絵の具 means paint bearing the older label “flesh color.”