dark-skinned vs dusky

dark-skinned and dusky both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dark-skinned	No	Yes	No	No
dusky	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, dark-skinned and dusky are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dark-skinned include swart, swarthy.

dark-skinned (adjective)	dusky (adjective)
naturally having skin of a dark color	naturally having skin of a dark color
	lighted by or as if by twilight