high yellow

noun

Etymology

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.

Definitions

1
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'.
2
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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA