I know white authors have a habit of describing dark skin tones with food or beverages and I don’t want to do that.
Cocoa, caramel, coffee, etc. I’m not much of a fiction writer but I am running a dnd campaign with POC and don’t want to be a stereotype lol
Edit: various soil types is a promising contender added by my partner
Ursula Le Guin described Ged as “copper-brown” in Earthsea
Ursula Le Guin is the first person to look toward whenever you have a writing question. Absolutely goated
Damn that one is actually perfect for one of my characters, thanks
Metals are pretty metal
And every adaptation to film or tv since then has made him chalk white