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ヌードカラー Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヌードカラー

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Meanings

1

noun

nude color; skin color; flesh color

Wasei-eigo from English 'nude color'. Refers to a pale beige or light pinkish-beige tone resembling fair skin, often used in fashion, cosmetics, and underwear.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from nude color

彼かの女じょはヌードカラーのストッキングをはいている。
She is wearing nude-colored stockings.
このファンデーションは

ヌード

カラー

が

人にん

気き

です

。

The nude color of this foundation is popular.

Written forms

ヌード・カラー
- ヌードカラー
  Variant with a middle dot; less common in everyday writing.
- ヌード・カラー

Similar words

肌はだ色いろ
肌色 is the native Japanese word for 'skin color', but it can be considered less precise or outdated in some contexts. ヌードカラー is a wasei-eigo term specifically referring to a pale beige tone, common in fashion and cosmetics.
ベージュ
ベージュ (beige) is a broader color term covering a range of light brownish tones, while ヌードカラー specifically evokes a skin-like pale beige with pinkish undertones.

Etymology

Wasei-eigo from English 'nude color'. The term was coined in Japan and is not used in the same way in English.