History Main / AmbiguouslyBrown

* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, when not sitting in the dark, keeps half of his face covered at all times. From what we can see, his skin is fairly dark, but his exact ethnicity (black? Asian? Hispanic?) is something of a RunningGag, and Todd himself has decided not to comment either way. However, he's rumored to be at least half-Malian on his mother's side, which may even confuse things even ''more'' given [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali#Ethnicity Mali's demographics]].

* ''ComicBook/MonkeyPrince'' has as semi-recurring characters the siblings Kaya and Rizalino Mayled. They have dark skin but their heritage is never explained or discussed. Kaya is a brunette while Rizalino is a blond, although his hair is probably dyed. "Kaya" is a common name in many cultures, while "Rizalino" is a Filipino name; meanwhile their surname is English and most commonly used in Anglophone countries. This suggests possibly mixed Anglo and Filipino ancestry, but their facial features don't resemble other Asian characters in the series.

* Archer in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has skin dark enough to clearly mark him as distinct from most other characters, but lacks any clear markers of his race. Subverted when it's revealed [[spoiler:he's actually the future self of the red-headed, light-skinned Emiya Shirou; overuse of his thaumaturgy changed his skin color, among other things]].

* Archer in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has skin dark enough to clearly mark him as distinct from most other characters, but lacks any clear markers of his race. Subverted when it's revealed [[spoiler:he's actually Japanese; overuse of his thaumaturgy changed his skin color, among other things]].

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** DependingOnTheWriter, the Salamanders Chapter have skin tones that are brown to black (as in RealLife) or jet-black skin that would never occur naturally.
** Official artwork of TheEmperor himself has his skin color [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:The_Emperor.jpg often]] [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:EmperorEOT.jpg times]] [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:Emperor_solo.jpg brown-ish]]. He's been confirmed to have been born in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in the Neolithic period, but pre-history being what it is we can't confirm exactly which ethnic group to have called that region home he was born from.

* In the Anime/{{Free}} fanfic Fanfic/{{Chlorine Grown Roses}}, one of Azusa's maids, named Anzu, is described to have dark skin.

* The second chapter of Fanfic/EnterKenFinlayson sequel "Snickery When Damp" manages to use this trope without the individual in question actually appearing in person. Mrs. Finlayson is only identified as Afro-Eurasian and since "Afro-Eurasia" is the name of the collected landmass that is Africa, Europe and Asia that does not narrow down anything, which Heidi of course lampshades. Apparently that is the extent of the rest of the Finlayson family's knowledge and would they ever find out Mrs. Finlayson would kill the entire family, extending it to in-laws and the children of Ken's older half-sister Ulrica.

* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, several fairies have brown skin of differing tones.

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* The tan and brown characters from the ''Toys/Hairdorables'' line have no given racial background. (Kali is possibly black given her natural curls.) Only Skylar (and her little sister, Marisol) is explicitly stated to have one as she is of Hawaiian background.

* In the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'' of dolls, none of the "tan" Just Like You dolls are given a specific race, and can generally be whatever the purchaser chooses. The tan dolls now actually have more facial diversity than the light ones. Sometimes this happens with the dolls that are given a specific race. For example, the face template used for the Girl of the Year doll Sonali, who is Indian, is not too different from the template for Addy, who is African-American.

** There is a running gag in the S2 show "Chi of Steel" where Chen Chow (Chinese-American, played by a Japanese-American actor) looks and dresses almost exactly like Clark (even to the wild ties) and when Lois points this out he says "we have the same optometrist".

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Aaron T has brown skin and is portrayed by a singer of Vietnamese heritage but the character's ethnicity is never confirmed.

** Official artwork of TheEmperor himself has his skin color [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:The_Emperor.jpg often]] [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:EmperorEOT.jpg times]] [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:Emperor_solo.jpg brown-ish]].

* In ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' Eleya's human Starfleet Academy roommate Jasmine "Jazz" Velasquez is pretty clearly multiracial, with brown skin, black hair, almond-shaped eyes, and two ethnic names (Jasmine is Persian in origin, while Velasquez is Spanish or Latina). And then we get to the part where she's had family in uniform going back to UsefulNotes/{{the Revolutionary War}}, implying Jazz has white ancestors as well.

* Ben Park from Korean webcomic ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' has notably darker skin than the rest of the cast, dark red hair, BigOlEyebrows, pronounced lips (before the [[ArtEvolution artstyle was streamlined]]), can speak Korean and Spanish, and has two ethnic names like the rest of the cast. Whether he has South American ancestry, is a dark-skinned Spaniard, is mixed, or something else entirely hasn't been revealed.

* In ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' Eleya's human Starfleet Academy roommate Jasmine "Jazz" Velasquez is pretty clearly multiracial, with brown skin, black hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a two ethnic names (Jasmine is Persian in origin, while Velasquez is Spanish or Latina). And then we get to the part where she's had family in uniform going back to UsefulNotes/{{the Revolutionary War}}, implying Jazz has white ancestors as well.

* In ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' Eleya's human Starfleet Academy roommate Jasmine "Jazz" Velasquez is pretty clearly multiracial, with brown skin, black hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a MultiEthnicName (Jasmine is Persian in origin, while Velasquez is Spanish or Latina). And then we get to the part where she's had family in uniform going back to UsefulNotes/{{the Revolutionary War}}, implying Jazz has white ancestors as well.

* Ben Park from Korean webcomic ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' has notably darker skin than the rest of the cast, dark red hair, BigOlEyebrows, pronounced lips (before the [[ArtEvolution artstyle was streamlined]]), can speak Korean and Spanish, and has a MultiEthnicName like the rest of the cast. Whether he has South American ancestry, is a dark-skinned Spaniard, is mixed, or something else entirely hasn't been revealed.

* The Amazonians from ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'', including the titular Pepsia and Phobia, are portrayed as this. In an AlternateUniverse story set in TheWildWest, Phobia is referred to as a "colored woman".

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->'''Creator/TomHanks''': Dwayne, together we would get 100% of the vote. I would get the senior vote, because I fought in World War II in like ten different movies.\\
'''Creator/DwayneJohnson''': And I of course would get the minority vote, because everyone just assumes I am whatever they are.

* ''WebVideo/GradeAUnderA'': In his "Racism Test" video, Grade himself has stated that he is "A man of color" and briefly drew himself with dark skin and an afro . Then goes on to say that it's only a "Lil bit of color" before lightening his skin tone and sizing down the afro.

* In ''Film/IronMan3'', the Mandarin is of indeterminate but apparently Middle Eastern birth (played by the Anglo-Indian Creator/BenKingsley). Further confused by his American South accent, Chinese name, and tactics similar to South American militants. This is in contrast to the Mandarin of the comics, who (as his name implies) is partly of Chinese descent. Perhaps surprisingly, the movie manages to make sense out of all this by the time it's over; basically, [[spoiler:he's merely an impersonator deliberately invoking a mishmash of various stereotypes about anti-American terrorists]].

* Wrestling/{{Batista}} (David "Dave" Michael Bautista, Jr.) is half Filipino and half Greek-American, but was often mistaken for being Latino or Hispanic because of his Spanish ring name and last name, which led to him being unexpectedly popular in Mexico and put in an angle with Wrestling/EddieGuerrero to capitalize on it (the Philippines and Mexico were both colonized by Spain, leading to many cultural similarities including surnames). He was born and raised in Washington D.C., but has since made his permanent home in Tampa, Florida, rather than Southern California, even after his Hollywood career took off. Just to confuse the issue even further, he also has an East Asian dragon tattoo on his back and speaks with a standard Washington D.C. accent. When Batista and Creator/KumailNanjiani co-starred in the buddy cop movie ''Film/{{Stuber}}'', they improvised a scene in which Kumail's character fails to guess Batista's character's background.

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