tanness
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tanness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being tan.
- not so much brownness as tanness
- 2015, Gillen, M. M., and Bernstein, M. J., “Does tanness mean goodness? Perceptions of tan skin in hiring decisions”, in North American Journal of Psychology[1], volume 17, number 1, retrieved 2023-02-09, pages 1–16:
- Does tanness mean goodness? Perceptions of tan skin in hiring decisions [article title].
- The depth (hue or saturation) of tan that is present.
- The tanness of these Pantone values is debatable.
- The degree to which someone is tanned (from suntanning or from a tanning bed).
- 1938, Edward Reich, Selling to the Consumer, page 111:
- Dull skin absorbs color. […] Bright blue, or cold colors, increase the tanness. Warm colors reduce the tanness.