chocolate brown
cocoa brown
coffee brown
mocha
mahogany
sepia
sienna brown
mink brown
copper
amber
cognac
whiskey
brandy
honey
tawny
topaz
hazel
obsidian
onyx
coal
raven
midnight
sky blue
sunny blue
cornflower blue
steel blue
ice blue
Arctic blue
glacial blue
crystal blue
cerulean
electric blue
azure
lake blue
aquamarine
turquoise
denim blue
slate blue / slate gray
storm blue / storm gray
silver / silver gray
chrome
platinum
pewter
smoky gray
ash gray
concrete gray
dove gray
shark gray
fog gray
gunmetal gray
olive
emerald
leaf green
moss green
Eyebrows
arched
straight
plucked
sparse
trim
dark
faint
thin
thick
unruly
bushy
heavy
Skin - Color
Josh Roby made this great chart of skin tones and descriptor words, and I got a lot of these words from him. The quote from N.K. Jemisin interested me: "I get really tired of seeing African-descended characters described in terms of the goods that drove, and still drive, the slave trade-coffee, chocolate, brown sugar. There's some weird psychosocial baggage attached to that."
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RandomJust some tips on writing your novels or stories. I know how hard it can be to start, to create your characters and to keep track of your characters. I wrote this book with the hope that I can help at least one person. Enjoy it! Please note that not...
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