Rasm653u [He/him] @lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · edit-27 months agoHow would you describe white (Caucasian) people's skin color?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow would you describe white (Caucasian) people's skin color?Rasm653u [He/him] @lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarelorty@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 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-up0·edit-27 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-up0·7 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.