high yellow
English
Etymology
After the golden yellow skin tone of some interracial people.
Noun
high yellow (plural high yellows)
- A black person with light skin with yellow undertones.
- 2014 January 10, Colorism: The Secret Shame (Oprah's Lifeclass), season 5, episode 2, OWN:
- Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.
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Synonyms
- high yaller
Adjective
high yellow (comparative more high yellow, superlative most high yellow)
- (of a black person) Having a light skin tone.
- 2007 October 8, ...Or Die Trying (The Boondocks), season 2, episode 1, spoken by Granddad (John Witherspoon), 12:23 from the start:
- Now, you gonna get your little narrow, high yellow ass back into the theater and enjoy Soul Plane 2.
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See also
- colorism
- redbone