dark-skinned adj 1: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: {colored}, {coloured}, {dark}, {dark-skinned}, {non-white}] 2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: {dark- skinned}, {dusky}, {swart}, {swarthy}]
dark-skinned \dark-skinned\ adj. 1. same as {colored}. [Narrower terms: {black (vs. white)}] Syn: colored, coloured. [WordNet 1.5] 2. having a dark color; -- of skin color. Syn: dusky, swart, swarthy. [WordNet 1.5]