have a touch of the tar brush

dated ethnic slur To be of mixed race, such that one's skin is darker than that of a person with only white ancestry. My racist aunt refuses to vote for someone who has a touch of the tar brush.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
RÉKa	RAY-kaw	Hungarian
Giannis	YAH-nees	Greek
Mstislav	mstee-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Russian, Medieval Slavic
AdÉLard	-	French (Quebec)
Iulian	-	Romanian
Arlen	AHR-lən	English