"high yellow" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more high yellow [comparative], most high yellow [superlative]
Etymology: After the golden yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. Head templates: {{en-adj}} high yellow (comparative more high yellow, superlative most high yellow)
  1. (of a black person) Having a light skin tone. Related terms: colorism, redbone
    Sense id: en-high_yellow-en-adj-Z3ciqf9K

Noun

Forms: high yellows [plural]
Etymology: After the golden yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. Head templates: {{en-noun}} high yellow (plural high yellows)
  1. A black person with light skin with yellow undertones. Synonyms: high yaller
    Sense id: en-high_yellow-en-noun-~6k6bbZN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014 January 10, Colorism: The Secret Shame (Oprah's Lifeclass), season 5, episode 2, via OWN",
          "text": "Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.",
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  "etymology_text": "After the golden yellow skin tone of some multiracial people.",
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    {
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    },
    {
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          "ref": "2007 October 8, 12:23 from the start, in ...Or Die Trying (The Boondocks), season 2, episode 1, spoken by Granddad (John Witherspoon)",
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  "etymology_text": "After the golden yellow skin tone of some multiracial people.",
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