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what are good descriptors for dark skin (lemmy.ml)
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I know white authors have a habit of describing dark skin tones with food or beverages and I don't want to do that.

Cocoa, caramel, coffee, etc. I'm not much of a fiction writer but I am running a dnd campaign with POC and don't want to be a stereotype lol

Edit: various soil types is a promising contender added by my partner

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like I saw something like this in a CRPG character creator, but I can't remember which game it was. Alabaster was one of the super pale anti-cracker-aktion colors.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i wanna say one of the recent(ish) divinity games did this?

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you're right - Original Sin 1 probably?

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

yup! it may have been both OS1 and 2 thinking on it.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Onyx and Alabaster skin tone do occasionally popup in literary arts.