If I'm describing everyone's skin tone in a diverse cast, what's the best way to do that? I'm trying to avoid food comparisons, but do I just "she had fair skin" "he had an olive complexion" "the woman had dark skin" etc?
Writing With Color has a couple of great articles on this, so I'm going to let them take the wheel:
http://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/95955707903/skin-writing-with-color-has-received-several
http://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/96830966357/writing-with-color-description-guide-words-for
I hope that helps!
http://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/95955707903/skin-writing-with-color-has-received-several
http://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/96830966357/writing-with-color-description-guide-words-for
I hope that helps!