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a sunburn that decided to play it cool and stick around.
means a brownish coloration the skin develops after exposure to sunlight, or the light yellowish-brown color itself.
from From Old English 'tannian,' to convert hide into leather — a verb borrowed from Medieval Latin 'tannare,' which leaned on 'tannum,' crushed oak bark, the bitter stuff that cured the skins. Oak bark stained leather a warm brown, so 'tan' became the color's name. The skin sense — sun browning your hide like a tanner browns a cowhide — is the same image turned on yourself. The bark word may trace back further to a Celtic root for oak, though that thread frays the deeper you pull it.
- defense move
- Melanin rises to shield DNA from radiation damage
- math twin
- Tangent in trigonometry shares the exact same name
- no such thing
- Dermatologists call every tan visible cellular injury
- color origin
- Named after oak bark used to tan leather
- fades fast
- Skin cells shed the pigment within weeks
copacabana beach — rio de janeiro's 4km stretch where brazilians perfect sun tanning year-round
spray tan industry — global $3 billion market using dha chemical for artificial bronzing without sun
tanning beds — uv light devices banned in several countries after who classified them as carcinogenic in 2009