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> Launch the NYC experience > Nude > Colors Who’s “nude”? When is the industry going to update this term? If a female person of color outsider won’t, I guess

> Launch the NYC experience > Nude > Colors Who’s “nude”? When is the industry going to update this term? If a female person of color outsider won’t, I guess it’s not important to anyone

durkie 8y ago
what's wrong with the term? seems like there can be more than one "nude".
- glibgil 8y ago
  There isn’t in practice so you are soeaking naively for no good reason. A company that wanted to shed the term would say something like “seven skin tones” if they offered more than one “nude”
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knodi123 8y ago
> Who’s “nude”? When is the industry going to update this term? Reminds me of a scene from some sitcom I can't remember, where a guy is trying to be inclusive, so he says "We employ people of every race here- black, yellow, brown, and normal."
lttlrck 8y ago
Your definition of nude might be out of date: https://www.allure.com/gallery/nude-makeup-shades-for-every-skin-tone https://www.allure.com/gallery/nude-makeup-shades-for-every-...
- glibgil 8y ago
  You made my point. If it doesn’t mention skin tone then it is likely limited to one color
kaitai 8y ago
It's more charitable to assume that this would be a set of six+ colors from pale to deep. You're making unwarranted assumptions. To respond to your point below, all major manufacturers now make a range of "nude" colors. The range of colors may be stunted, on both ends, but if you've shopped recently you know that a range is easily available.
- glibgil 8y ago
  > It's more charitable I'm a socialist. I don't believe in charity
UncleEntity 8y ago
One would think, if they're doing a custom fitting, they could also figure out what color "nude" is for that specific person.
- logfromblammo 8y ago
  Skin color comes from just three pigments: eumelanin, pheomelanin, and hemoglobin. There are more pigments than that in the paint mixer at the hardware store. It probably would not be extremely difficult to come up with a way to automatically generate a custom dye mixture that exactly matches a given skin color, out of just blacks, browns, and reds.

> Launch the NYC experience > Nude > Colors Who’s “nude”? When is the industry going to update this term? If a female person of color outsider won’t, I guess it’s not important to anyone

durkie 8y ago

what's wrong with the term? seems like there can be more than one "nude".

glibgil 8y ago
There isn’t in practice so you are soeaking naively for no good reason. A company that wanted to shed the term would say something like “seven skin tones” if they offered more than one “nude”
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knodi123 8y ago

> Who’s “nude”? When is the industry going to update this term? Reminds me of a scene from some sitcom I can't remember, where a guy is trying to be inclusive, so he says "We employ people of every race here- black, yellow, brown, and normal."

lttlrck 8y ago

Your definition of nude might be out of date: https://www.allure.com/gallery/nude-makeup-shades-for-every-skin-tone https://www.allure.com/gallery/nude-makeup-shades-for-every-...

glibgil 8y ago
You made my point. If it doesn’t mention skin tone then it is likely limited to one color

kaitai 8y ago

It's more charitable to assume that this would be a set of six+ colors from pale to deep. You're making unwarranted assumptions. To respond to your point below, all major manufacturers now make a range of "nude" colors. The range of colors may be stunted, on both ends, but if you've shopped recently you know that a range is easily available.

glibgil 8y ago
> It's more charitable I'm a socialist. I don't believe in charity

UncleEntity 8y ago

One would think, if they're doing a custom fitting, they could also figure out what color "nude" is for that specific person.

logfromblammo 8y ago
Skin color comes from just three pigments: eumelanin, pheomelanin, and hemoglobin. There are more pigments than that in the paint mixer at the hardware store. It probably would not be extremely difficult to come up with a way to automatically generate a custom dye mixture that exactly matches a given skin color, out of just blacks, browns, and reds.