Anonymous
04/20/2026 10:53
Subject: Re:Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
I am white, olive-skinned (even my dermatologist calls it that) and have brown, almond shaped eyes. Those are descriptions and not racist at all. Especially since I've never ever heard anyone refer to olive skinned people in a deragatory way. Is ivory complexion a racist term as well?
Anonymous
04/20/2026 10:47
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. "
That's silly. My mother is white and olive-skinned.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 10:36
Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
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Dishwater blonde" (or sometimes "ditchwater") refers to a dull, medium-to-dark blonde hair color with cool or ash undertones, often appearing slightly grayish or brownish. It is frequently described as a "dirty blonde" shade that lacks brightness or warmth.
L'Oreal Paris
Dishwater blonde" (or sometimes "ditchwater") refers to a dull, medium-to-dark blonde hair color with cool or ash undertones, often appearing slightly grayish or brownish. It is frequently described as a "dirty blonde" shade that lacks brightness or warmth.
L'Oreal Paris
Anonymous
04/20/2026 10:10
Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Ditchwater sounds like some Louisiana backwoods saying. It's 100% dishwater.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 10:06
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: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.
Ironically, as someone pink and red undertones in my skin, I actually wear "green" makeup because it counteracts the ruddiness in my skin. If someone with olive tone skin used the same makeup, they would look terrible! This is why it's helpful to understand your undertones.
Yep, one should wear complimentary colors. As an olive undertone person, I don't look good in green, yellow or blue, but I love the color green and blue. I look best in red/orange/browns.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 10:03
Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
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.
+1 lol I'm olive toned, and Asian. I don't find either descriptive racist. But, I do get annoyed at how difficult it is to find the right foundation color. I have to mix it with the green color corrector to get that olive undertone.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:51
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.
Ah. Confirming that racism is indeed in the eye of the beholder.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:41
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: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.
Ironically, as someone pink and red undertones in my skin, I actually wear "green" makeup because it counteracts the ruddiness in my skin. If someone with olive tone skin used the same makeup, they would look terrible! This is why it's helpful to understand your undertones.
Exactly this.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:34
Subject: Re:Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
I have one kid who has olive skin and the other kid who has Irish skin.
When you stand them next to each other in the winter, they look exactly the same.
When you stand them next to each other in the summer, one is tan and one is not his still looks exactly the same way he looked in the winter with maybe a little redness… more alabaster
When you stand them next to each other in the winter, they look exactly the same.
When you stand them next to each other in the summer, one is tan and one is not his still looks exactly the same way he looked in the winter with maybe a little redness… more alabaster
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:32
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: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.
I laughed out loud.
Especially the “sooooooooooooooo”
DP.
I’ve never heard of EITHER dishwater or ditchwater blonde.
I think y’all are arguing about some nonsense local slang.
NP. Nope. Dishwater blonde is a common term used throughout the US *and* other English-speaking countries. It's been around a long time. It's in the dictionary.
Never heard of "ditchwater blonde" and seriously doubt it's a thing. The water in ditches will vary in color depending on where you are, so it doesn't make sense as a descriptor -- could be reddish, muddy brown, black, etc.. Whereas "dishwater" is immediately evocative of the kind of grayish color someone is referring to with dishwater blonde.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:28
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.
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.
Ironically, as someone pink and red undertones in my skin, I actually wear "green" makeup because it counteracts the ruddiness in my skin. If someone with olive tone skin used the same makeup, they would look terrible! This is why it's helpful to understand your undertones.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:27
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: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.
I laughed out loud.
Especially the “sooooooooooooooo”
DP.
I’ve never heard of EITHER dishwater or ditchwater blonde.
I think y’all are arguing about some nonsense local slang.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:26
Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote: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.
+1 That PP needs to turn their hearing aid up when they rewatch old I Love Lucy episodes.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:22
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: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.
Dirty and Dishwater are not the same thing. Noted.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 09:08
Subject: Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?
Anonymous wrote: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.
I laughed out loud.
Especially the “sooooooooooooooo”