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Skin tone words in Korean

Want to describe skin tones in Korean? Use these from very light to dark 👇 🔴 아주 하얀 피부 [aju hayan pibu] - Very Fair

Skin tone words in Korean — Korean vocab chart
Skin tone words in Korean

Words in this chart

KoreanRomanizationEnglish
아주 하얀 피부aju hayan pibuVery Fair (very light)
하얀 피부hayan pibuFair (light)
밝은 베이지 피부balgeun beigeu pibuLight Beige (light beige)
베이지 피부beigeu pibuBeige (beige)
구릿빛 피부guritbit pibuWheatish (light tan)
탄 피부tan pibuTan (tan)
갈색 피부galsaek pibuBrown (brown)
진한 갈색 피부jinhan galsaek pibuDark Brown (dark brown)
매우 어두운 피부maeu eoduun pibuDeep / Dark (very dark)

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