ˈflesh-colour
[f. flesh n. + colour.]
The colour of the flesh (of a ‘white’ human being) as seen through the skin; usually employed to denote a tint composed of ‘a light pink with a little yellow’ (O'Neill Dyeing 1862).
| 1611 Cotgr., Baillet, a pale red, or flesh colour. 1674 J. Josselyn Voy. New Eng. 74 The flesh of it [water-melon] is of a flesh colour. 1882 Garden 15 July 58/2 Flowers of fine substance and form..flesh colour, suffused with pink. |
b. attrib. or adj. = next.
| 1711 Addison Spect. No. 13 ¶3 He once gave him a Ripp in his flesh-colour Doublet. |