Brazilian Population ‘Color’ Self-Descriptors |
Brazilian Population ‘Color’ Self-Descriptors
Source: National Survey by Household Sample (PNAD). Extracted from: Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, “Not black, not white: just the opposite. Culture, race and national identity in Brazil,” Centre for Brazilian Studies, Working Paper Number CBS-47-03, (2003): 5.
# | Portuguese | Translation | Gender |
1. | Acastanhada | somewhat chestnut-coloured | F |
2. | Agalegada | somewhat like a Galician | F |
3. | Alva | snowy white | F |
4. | Alva escura | dark snowy white | F |
5. | Alvarenta* | (not in dictionary; poss. dialect) snowy white | F |
6. | Alvarinta* | snowy white | F |
7. | Alva rosada | pinkish white | F |
8. | Alvinha | snowy white | F dimin |
9. | Amarela | Yellow | F |
10. | Amarelada | Yellowish | F |
11. | Amarela-queimada | Burnt yellow | F |
12. | Amarelosa | Yellowy | F |
13. | Amorenada | somewhat dark-skinned | F |
14. | Avermelhada | Reddish | F |
15. | Azul | Blue | |
16. | Azul-marinho | Sea blue | |
17. | Baiano | From Bahia | M |
18. | Bem branca | Very white | F |
19. | Bem clara | Very pale | F |
20. | Bem morena | Very dark-skinned | F |
21. | Branca | White | F |
22. | Branca-avermelhada | White going on for red | F |
23. | Branca-melada | Honey-coloured white | F |
24. | Branca-morena | White but dark-skinned | F |
25. | Branca-pálida | Pale white | F |
26. | Branca-queimada | Burnt white | F |
27. | Branca-sardenta | Freckled white | F |
28. | Branca-suja | Off-white | F |
29. | Branquiça* | Whitish | F |
30. | Branquinha | Very white | F dimin |
31. | Bronze | Bronze-coloured | |
32. | Bronzeada | Sun-tanned | F |
33. | Bugrezinha-escura | Dark-skinned India | F dimin + derogatory |
34. | Burro-quando-foge | Disappearing donkey (i.e. nondescript) humorous | |
35. | Cabocla | Copper-coloured ( refers to civilized Indians) | F |
36. | Cabo-verde | from Cabo Verde | |
37. | Café | Coffee-coloured | |
38. | Café-com-leite | Café au lait | |
39. | Canela | Cinnamon | |
40. | Canelada | somewhat like cinnamon | F |
41. | Cardão | colour of the cardoon, or thistle (blue-violet) | |
42. | Castanha | Chestnut | F |
43. | Castanha-clara | Light chestnut | F |
44. | Castanha-escura | Dark chestnut | F |
45. | Chocolate | Chocolate-coloured | |
46. | Clara | Light-coloured, pale | F |
47. | Clarinha | Light-coloured, pale | F dimin |
48. | Cobre | Copper-coloured | |
49. | Corada | With a high colour | F |
50. | Cor-de-café | Coffee-coloured | |
51. | Cor-de-canela | Cinnamon-coloured | |
52. | Cor-de-cuia | Gourd-coloured | |
53. | Cor-de-leite | Milk-coloured (i.e. milk-white) | |
54. | Cor-de-ouro | Gold-coloured (i.e. golden) | |
55. | Cor-de-rosa | Pink | |
56. | Cor-firme | Steady-coloured | |
57. | Crioula | Creole | F |
58. | Encerada | Polished | F |
59. | Enxofrada | Pallid | F |
60. | Esbranquecimento | Whitening | |
61. | Escura | Dark | F |
62. | Escurinha | Very dark | F dimin |
63. | Fogoió | Having fiery-colored hair | |
64. | Galega | Galician or Portuguese | F |
65. | Galegada | Somewhat like a Galician or Portuguese | F |
66. | Jambo | Light-skinned (the colour of a type of apple) | |
67. | Laranja | Orange | |
68. | Lilás | Lilac | |
69. | Loira | Blonde | F |
70. | Loira-clara | Light blonde | F |
71. | Loura | Blonde | F |
72. | Lourinha | Petite blonde | F dimin |
73. | Malaia* | Malaysian woman | F |
74. | Marinheira | Sailor-woman | F |
75. | Marrom | Brown | |
76. | Meio-amarela | Half-yellow | F |
77. | Meio-branca | Half-white | F |
78. | Meio-morena | Half dark-skinned | F |
79. | Meio-preta | Half-black | F |
80. | Melada | Honey-coloured | F |
81. | Mestiça | Half-caste/mestiza | F |
82. | Miscigenação | Miscegenation | |
83. | Mista | Mixed | F |
84. | Morena | Dark-skinned, brunette | F |
85. | Morena-bem-chegada | Very nearly morena | F |
86. | Morena-bronzeada | Sunburnt morena | F |
87. | Morena-canelada | Somewhat cinnamon-coloured morena | F |
88. | Morena-castanha | Chestnut-coloured morena | F |
89. | Morena-clara | Light-skinned morena | F |
90. | Morena-cor-de-canela | Cinnamon-coloured morena | F |
91. | Morena-jambo | Light-skinned morena | F |
92. | Morenada | Somewhat morena | F |
93. | Morena-escura | Dark morena | F |
94. | Morena-fechada | Dark morena | F |
95. | Morenão | Dark-complexioned man | M aug |
96. | Morena-parda | Dark morena | F |
97. | Morena-roxa | Purplish morena | F |
98. | Morena-ruiva | Red-headed morena | F |
99. | Morena-trigueira | Swarthy, dusky morena | F |
100. | Moreninha | Petite morena | F dimin |
101. | Mulata | Mulatto girl | F |
102. | Mulatinha | Little mulatto girl | F dimin |
103. | Negra | Negress | F |
104. | Negrota | Young negress | F |
105. | Pálida | Pale | F |
106. | Paraíba | From Paraíba | |
107. | Parda | Brown | F |
108. | Parda-clara | Light brown | F |
109. | Parda-morena | Brown morena | F |
110. | Parda-preta | Black-brown | F |
111. | Polaca | Polish woman | F |
112. | Pouco-clara | Not very light | F |
113. | Pouco-morena | Not very dark-complexioned | F |
114. | Pretinha | Black – either young, or small | F |
115. | Puxa-para-branco | Somewhat towards white | F |
116. | Quase-negra | Almost negro | F |
117. | Queimada | Sunburnt | F |
118. | Queimada-de-praia | Beach sunburnt | F |
119. | Queimada-de-sol | Sunburnt | F |
120. | Regular | Regular, normal | |
121. | Retinta | Deep-dyed, very dark | F |
122. | Rosa | Rose-coloured (or the rose itself) | F |
123. | Rosada | Rosy | F |
124. | Rosa-queimada | Sunburnt-rosy | F |
125. | Roxa | Purple | F |
126. | Ruiva | Redhead | F |
127. | Russo | Russian | M |
128. | Sapecada | Singed | F |
129. | Sarará | Yellow-haired negro | |
130. | Saraúba* | (poss. dialect) Untranslatable | |
131. | Tostada | Toasted | F |
132. | Trigo | Wheat | |
133. | Trigueira | Brunette | F |
134. | Turva | Murky | F |
135. | Verde | Green | |
136. | Vermelha | Red | F |