high yellow

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high yellow

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After the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom.

noun high yellows

A black person with light skin with yellow undertones. Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.
Similar: high yaller

adjective more high yellow · most high yellow

Of a black person, having a light skin tone. Now, you gonna get your little narrow, high yellow ass back into the theater and enjoy Soul Plane 2.

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@misc{high_yellow_2026,
  title = {high yellow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high%20yellow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}