What is Redbone?
1.
Light skinned female/male mixed with black and another race.
"she doesn't look full black, she must be a redbone"
2.
a black person with light skin
"that nigga is so light he must be a pure redbone"
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3.
A specific brown-to-reddish skinned people of Louisiana with dark eyes and straight, frizzy or curly hair. They are often thought of as a tri-racial people of Native American, African and some form of Eastern or Western European heritage. Redbones are not neccesarily Creole or Cajun--they traditionally speak English.
The redbone lived in the Louisiana bayou his whole life.
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4.
A female or male of African American descent who is light skinned with red undertones.
Beyonce, Halle Berry, Ciara, and Sanaa Lathan are redbones.
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5.
Redbone is a person with red undertones in their skin. A person who is a yellow bone has yellow undertones in their skin. If you look closely at their skin you can see the differences.
A redbone can be a light-skinned african american or a person of mixed races meaning they have African American in them...mixed with other's ethnic races!
Redbone Example: Rachel True (Actress:Mona from Half and Half)
Yellow Bone Example: Faith Evans (R&B Singer)
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6.
Typically a very pretty light skinned black woman
DAYYUMMM, look at the fine ass redbone!!!!!
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7.
noun, adj,
Any person who's skin pigment has a slight reddish tint to it. This is mainly due to race mixture of Black People ,Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Whites.
This is not just a term for woman who has a fat asses nor is it a word about some random chick you want to bang that's at a club, so quoting that Ciara song "Oh''. That's just a line in the song. This word has been around for decades mostly used in the south during the 1960's, mainly Louisiana and Texas.
"My Grandfather was an Indian that's why my skin is so red." "Guess you can call me a Redbone"
examples
Cher
Taylor Lautner (from Twilight)
Mya
Commom
Romeo
Laz Alonzo
Hallie Berry
Beyonce
Alicia Keys
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