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COMPLEXION AND SKIN-TYPE (see also: colors)
acned: pimpled albino: (also known as achromasia) no skin pigment (white, colorless, sometimes blue because of the veins) alligator: (or any other reptile) coarse, rough, or scaly skin blanched: white or pale- bleached: same as above - can be used with any color to imply a shade of the color that is severely brightened or washed-out. blemished: imperfections such as acne, boils, moles, scars... blotchy: splotched, mottled, irregular patches of color. blush: red or pink, almost as though embarassed. See also: flushed, florid burlap: or any other material - rough, coarse, also the color (light tan in this case) cadaverous: corpse-like, leaden, cyanotic, colorless chapped: caused to open in slits or chinks, split, caused to crack or become rough. cratered: deeply pitted from acne or illness. See also: pitted, pocked. cyanotic: gray or bluish tinge created from lack of oxygen in the blood. dirty: not clean, covered with dirt dusty: covered with dust doughy: the color of bread dough. resembling the consistency of dough. downy: very soft and smooth fair: light-colored filthy: not clean, dirty florid: flushed red, pink, or rosy. flushed: also: flush - red in the face, blush. flustered: see also ruddy, healthy red greasy: oily jaundiced: yellowish complexion also affecting the whites of the eyes. a condition caused by illness leaden: the color of lead, dark gray. leathery: tough, brown, hide-like skin livid: grayish-blue or lead-colored. Black and blue like a bruise. corpses can be this color because of pooled, oxygen-depleted blood. moled: having moles. mottled: blotchy. See also: splotchy nubby: rough. oily: greasy pale: blanched, white pallid: pale, faint, or wan pasty: like paste in color or texture (white or yellow) pitted: see cratered pocked: see pitted, cratered pustuled: with large sores filled with puss (see acned) sandpaper: rough, coarse. scarred: cut, marred, disfigured shriveled: weathered, wizened, withered, wrinkled splotchy: irregular, blotchy. See also: mottled. sun-browned: suntanned sunburned: red. See also: lobster swarthy: a dark complexion. wan: pale. warty: having warts waxy: pasty, cadaverous, greasy, or oily. weatherbeaten: weathered by years in the sun. Leathery. Like an old boot. weathered: see weatherbeaten. withered: dried up, weathered, shriveled. Without freshness wizened: same as withered wrinkled: wrinkled skin.. from age.
age spots: liver spots. Brown spots on the face and hands. Found most often on the elderly. lentigo: a brownish spot unrelated to a freckle. nevus: any birthmark piebald skin: patches of skin lacking pigment- also known as vitiligo wine stain: a wine-colored birthmark (like Mikhail Gorbachev) rosacea: small pimples and a raw, red look. Like the noses of alcoholics. Common of people originating from the British Isles, and people who blush easily. vitiligo: see wine stain warts: raised patches.
HEAD SHAPES/FACE SHAPES AND FEATURES
angular: pressed into an angle. narrow, pinched face. When seen from above, a teardrop. aristocratic (face): features as like those who are noble. arrow-headed: pointed like an arrow with a wide jaw. asymmetrical face/head: having a face or head that is not the same on both sides. bat-faced: having pinched features, beady eyes, and a pugged nose. beefy: big-faced, muscular. bird-like: pointed, like a bird. Often with a beak-like nose. boyish face: having the features of a young boy. careworn face: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering child-like face: small features, soft skin, generally appearing young, like a child cherubic face: like a child, a baby, or an angel. Small features, healthy and smooth skin. chiseled face: appearing to be cut out of stone. Very defined lines. Sharp features. comely face: a face with features pleasing to the eye. domed: a large, round top of the head doughy: having the color and consistency of dough. Flabby. drawn (face): subjected to great tension; stretched tight. See also: careworn egg-shaped: ovular, round, like an egg fat-faced: with large cheeks, round-headed. feline face: with the features of a cat (quirri) fleshy-faced: having an abundance of extra skin. gibbous: Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. haggard (face): Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. handsome: rugged, good-looking, look of the ideal man heart-shaped face: shaped like a heart. high-domed: a large domed head high-forehead: hairline that is high on the head lined (face): wrinkled, covered with lines. low-forehead: hairline that is low on the face. moon-faced: Having a face that has the shape of a moon either in profile or head-on. narrow: a thin head where the ears are closer together. oval: see also egg-shaped, shape of an oval. pinched: see also: narrow. Appearing as though the head has been pinched side-to-side or up-and-down. protruding brow: a brow that juts forth. round: rounded, often associated with fat-cheeks. sculpted features: appearing to be moulded by an artist. sloped forehead: a forehead that slopes sharply back instead of rising and curving gently. square: a squared jaw and face to make the head seem square. symmetrical face/head: having a face or head that is the same on both sides. timeworn: showing the strains of time. Wrinkled, old. wedge-shaped: shaped like a wedge of cheese. Sharp chin. wrinkle-faced: wrinkled, lined. wizened.
angular chin: a pointed chin. cleft chin: a chin with a divot in it, appearing to be two chin pieces. double chin: a chin with a mirroring pouch of skin underneath the chin so that it appears that a person has two chins. heavy jaw: a jaw that appears to hold much weight pointed chin: a chin that has a sharp angle. receding chin: a chin that is not prominent or falls back. round chin: a chin that is round slack-jawed: a jaw which is unable, for some reason, to appear completely closed. square-jaw: squared, sharply angular around the ears.
dimpled: with dimples in the cheeks at either side of a smile flabby: fat. See also: fat faced (under Head/Face) freckled: flecks of darker (or lighter) colored skin which dot the face or other of the body. high cheekbones: like a Native American, the cheekbones are high on the face. hollow: sunken cheeks with dark shadows on them. pendulous: flabby, hanging loose, swaying (as a pendulum) pouchy: appearing to have pouches on either side of the face.