skin colour vs colour

colour vs skin colour

skin colour and colour both are nouns.

skin colour is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

skin colour is not a verb while colour is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skin colour	Yes	No	No	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of skin colour; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than skin colour:

skin colour: the coloring of a person's face
colour: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Other hypernyms of skin colour include color, coloring, colouring.

skin colour (noun)	colour (noun)
the coloring of a person's face	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
	the timbre of a musical sound
	interest and variety and intensity
	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

skin colour (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

skin colour (verb)	colour (verb)
	change color, often in an undesired manner
	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between skin colour and colour

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