CONFUSION!!!why do people tend to call light skin people "brown"i thought brown skin was the same as dark skin

Like i thought if you were brown skin or chocolate skin tone it means that you are dark but like for example people call halle berry or beyonce brown skin but i thought they were light.So what's dark and light ,give me examples......

CONFUSION!!!why do people tend to call light skin people "brown"i thought brown skin was the same as dark skin
I think it depends where you are from. A girl like halle or beyonce might look really dark if you're from an area dominated by light caucasians.
Reply:Light skin - white, mixed race for example alicia keys, asian for example ashwarya rai, and the very fair black girls for example beyonce and tyra banks.





Dark skin are mainly black women with a dark complexion, they are different shades of brown. Light skin is like a caramel complexion whereas dark is more of a rich and darker chocolate tone, for example niomi cambell.
Reply:n my opinion it depends on who syas it. 4 example, MOST of the time, black people refer to ppl with halle berry skin as "light skin" and MOST of the time, white ppl refer to halle berry and beyonce as brown b/c compared 2 white ppl, they r brown. i'm not racist but, most of the time it depends on who says it. plus, different lighting makes ppl look differnet. so, some pics might look "brown" while others look"light skin"
Reply:Skin color is an opinion. Most people use their own family as a standard. For example, my skin tone is like beyonce and my family call me dark skin because I am the darkest in my family. My Pakistani friends say I am like skin because I am light compare to their family's lightest skin person. My best friend says all my family is brown because all of their family is light skin. They all look like white people to me except that most of them have brown eyes and only one or two have color eyes. They also have a darkest skin, brown skin, and light skin. Thus to answer your question; I think skin color is an opinion and everybody may have their own opinion about it. I really don't care. I am human and I see others as such.
Reply:When it comes to flesh tones, the word brown in marketing, literature and fashion* often means healthy, sexy or glamorous. I think the word "brown" is being used in more than one context in your example. You can be light and still be brown-skinned. When it comes to skin tones though---nothing makes too much sense. For instance, I have very seldom seen a truly white person (with the exception of Albinos) and have never met a truly black person. So brown? It means different things in different situations. Context is important.
Reply:People sometimes call dark people black. But I call light skinned people tan. Dark skinned people are hard to name cause usually there are more light skinned black people in hollywood rather than dark people. Like Vanessa Williams is more light skinned like Halle Berry and they are both famous.


Dark skinned is more like that girl from Destiny child i think her name is Kelly Rowland.