Olive skin

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Olive skin describes the natural skin color of some individuals. It can be described as having a swarthy or naturally tan complexion. For such individuals who have had very low exposure to sunlight, a person with olive skin can be fairly pale but distinguishable as having olive skin by the slight olive green hue of their skin. This distinguishing aspect of the skin type is what contributes to its name and differentiates it from other skin types that also are of naturally tan coloration.

This type of skin is common among several Mediterranean and Middle Eastern peoples. Some Cornish are also described as olive skinned but how they came to have this is unknown.