Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:58     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:The stupid is soooooooooooo deep here.


It’s not “dishwater” blonde.


It’s DITCHWATER blonde.


DITCH. Not “dish”.




FFS, didn’t any of you watch reruns of “I Love Lucy”?


And dishwater is gray. Ditchwater is sorta reddish because of red clay.


Y’all don’t do dishes OR get out much.


You are the only person in the world who thinks it is ditchwater blonde.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:58     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.




It is offensive for "white" people to describe other people as "olive" or "almond-eyed. "


What??? Olive skinned people are white. Olive skin is a trait where white people tan nicely and don’t have pink undertones. Like Italians.

I’m pale but have olive undertones. No one would call me olive skinned though since I’m so pale.


Exactly.

Skin undertones are:

Blue (get your circulation checked, unless you are deep Kentucky inbred)

Ash

Red

Pink

Coral

Peach

Yellow

Olive/green

All of these except for blue can be seen in various races, while some trend to specific ethnic backgrounds.

- In my job I do a lot of pigment mixing to match skin tones. People are not white, tan, brown or black. The undertones are what give humans our vibrancy and richness. These undertones are critical if you want to match things like make up, or in the old days pantyhose. You can have a dark skinned, almost black woman who has pink undertones, a very pale white woman with yellow undertones, and an asian woman with peach undertones, which completely defies the cultural tropes from the last century regarding associating colors with specific groups.

Olive is an undertone. Not a racial slur.


+1
This is vital for skin matching some prosthetics as well. The people calling this all racist can just opt out of colors completely and sport smurf-blue or alien green makeup. We don't care.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:57     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m almost 50 and never knew that olive skinned was rascist. I am olive skinned and describe myself as so - and describe my children this way as they inherited my skin tone.


I have a feeling there are a lot of things you "never knew" were "rascist" (sic). That are, indeed, racist.


No.

It is not racist.

Stop being foolish.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:56     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.




It is offensive for "white" people to describe other people as "olive" or "almond-eyed. "


What??? Olive skinned people are white. Olive skin is a trait where white people tan nicely and don’t have pink undertones. Like Italians.

I’m pale but have olive undertones. No one would call me olive skinned though since I’m so pale.


Interesting that you would chime in when it doesn't affect you.



I thought olive skin was green undertone?


Yes.

Olive is green undertone.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:55     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Strawberry blonde is very light red with lots of blonde mixed in. Think of the color of a golden retriever or a pot of gold.


I think early Nicole Kidman was strawberry blonde. And I think early Taylor Swift was dirty blonde.


This.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:54     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.




It is offensive for "white" people to describe other people as "olive" or "almond-eyed. "


What??? Olive skinned people are white. Olive skin is a trait where white people tan nicely and don’t have pink undertones. Like Italians.

I’m pale but have olive undertones. No one would call me olive skinned though since I’m so pale.


Exactly.

Skin undertones are:

Blue (get your circulation checked, unless you are deep Kentucky inbred)

Ash

Red

Pink

Coral

Peach

Yellow

Olive/green

All of these except for blue can be seen in various races, while some trend to specific ethnic backgrounds.

- In my job I do a lot of pigment mixing to match skin tones. People are not white, tan, brown or black. The undertones are what give humans our vibrancy and richness. These undertones are critical if you want to match things like make up, or in the old days pantyhose. You can have a dark skinned, almost black woman who has pink undertones, a very pale white woman with yellow undertones, and an asian woman with peach undertones, which completely defies the cultural tropes from the last century regarding associating colors with specific groups.

Olive is an undertone. Not a racial slur.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:46     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.




It is offensive for "white" people to describe other people as "olive" or "almond-eyed. "


No it's not.

Don't be ridiculous.

Almond is a shape. Just like round is a shape. (Asians refer to Euros as "round eyes")

The silliness and pettiness of the -isms in everything crowd has to stop.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:45     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:The stupid is soooooooooooo deep here.


It’s not “dishwater” blonde.


It’s DITCHWATER blonde.


DITCH. Not “dish”.




FFS, didn’t any of you watch reruns of “I Love Lucy”?


And dishwater is gray. Ditchwater is sorta reddish because of red clay.


Y’all don’t do dishes OR get out much.


I don’t know why but I find it hilarious someone has been calling it the wrong term their entire life, and is now yelling at people for using the correct term.

Babe, it’s dishwater. You can google it.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 08:40     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.


No it’s not. I regularly describe my skin as olive. We have green undertones.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 07:55     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.


Would you prefer sallow or swarthy?


Jaundiced? Consumptive?
We really should be grateful we aren't coded into bile, phlegm and sanguine.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 23:40     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.


Would you prefer sallow or swarthy?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 22:36     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:The stupid is soooooooooooo deep here.


It’s not “dishwater” blonde.


It’s DITCHWATER blonde.


DITCH. Not “dish”.




FFS, didn’t any of you watch reruns of “I Love Lucy”?


And dishwater is gray. Ditchwater is sorta reddish because of red clay.


Y’all don’t do dishes OR get out much.


Girl, what are you talking about? I've never heard of ditchwater hair. Ever. But I've heard of dishwater blonde for decades. DISHwater, which yes, is kind of gray brown. That's what people mean when they talk about dishwater blonde hair -- sort of a dull, dark blonde that is too gray to be brown.

Also do you think ditches only exist where there is red clay soil? Are you seriously this dumb?

I believe you grew up somewhere with red clay where people called reddish blonde hair "ditchwater blonde" and that this is a weird colloquialism in whatever small podunk town you grew up in, and you think it's a universal term.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 22:24     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:As someone who is not Caucasian, I have to ask. What do these things look like? Google for once is about as confusing as the terms themselves.

What do you consider:
A) Dishwater Blond/Blonde
B) Strawberry Blond/Blonde
C) Olive skin

Was younger curly haired Taylor Swift a strawberry blonde? Is George Clooney olive skinned? Who is dishwater blond/blonde?


Younger Taylor Swift was not strawberry blonde. She was/is a true blonde:




I would say George Clooney has a somewhat olive complexion. Mainly, he just tans easily.



And this is strawberry blonde:



Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 22:17     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:Dishwater blonde is in. I see lots of people who have intentionally dyed their hair like this:

https://www.realsimple.com/dishwater-blonde-hair-8727893#:~:text=Dishwater%20blonde%20is%20a%20medium,hair%20from%20natural%20UV%20exposure.

Taylor Swift has dishwater blonde hair.



She had white blonde hair as a child and teen. The OP said she had strawberry blonde hair, which she's never had.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 21:44     Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.


No it’s not.


Olive is a color. To be olive toned, is to simply have coloring that tends to have golden undertones that can be yellow/green in winter and in a paler state. It’s not a racism term.