Olive in Human Culture
- Ethnography
- Sometimes people of what in the early 20th century was called the Mediterranean subrace of the Caucasian race are metaphorically described as being "olive-skinned", to denote shades of medium toned white skin that is darker than the average color for Caucasians, such as many people from southern Italy. (There are many varieties of olives—some olives are colored a pale brown color.)
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