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High yellow
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<p>High yellow, occasionally simply yellow , is a term used to describe a <a href="/facts/Light-skinned/bM6tDwNf">light-skinned</a> black person . It is also used as a slang for those thought to have "yellow undertones". The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the mid 20th century. </p>