How would you describe this skin colour?

[MrsSnape]

Japanese. Say you had to write a description for someone for a fictional piece of writing, how would you describe a 'japanese' skin colour?

And would 'oriental eyes' be a bad choice of words? can anyone think of a better way of describing japanese eyes?

[ivykaty44]

alabaster, but that is when they have the powder to make themselves appear as white as possible, otherwise there natural skin colour is the colour of over milky coffee.

[cornsilk]

is this groundhog day? I've just seen this thread.

[BlaDeBla]

I guess it rather depends on whether or not you like them, and what it is about their face that you notice. You could of course take the Duke of Edinburgh route...

[NotQuiteCockney]

'oriental' is a dodgy word, imo.

And Japanese people come in a pretty wide range of colours.