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Red-Bone 

Any person of African or African American descent that is of a medium to light chocolate-red to a light Reddish brown skin tone.
Aaliyah,Beyonce and Solange Knowles,Rihanna, Alicia Keys and Cris Brown. Are the Reddish brown skinned red-bones.

Will Smith,Amerie,Chili(TLC),Bob Marley,Boris Kodjoe,Dorothy Dandridge,Giancarlo Esposito,Halle Berry and Lenny Kravitz.

red bone 

A fine, thick light skinned girl.
"imma get me some red bones 2nite."
red bone by COLLEEN May 13, 2005

Red Bone 

A Red Bone is a light skinned black female. They are usually just a little bit darker than Yellow Bones( which are the lightest of black females and usually mixed with white, something silimar, or they are extra light due to having mixed race in their family tree) . No it has nuthin to do with being thick( as seen in some definitions) but is often used along with the word thick if a guy/person is discribing that body type as well
In Louisiana I hear they got a whole hella lot of Red Bones and Yellow Bones around there because there be alot of Creoles down there.
Red Bone by Real Right August 18, 2009

Red Bone 

Redbone had various meanings starting back in the 1800s but most implied was a race mixture. The racial mix is usually referred to as Tri-racial or more and may be any combination of the following: Native American, European, Asians, or Portuguese, Spanish, Turk, and African sub-groups. Thus generating lighter skin.
For some examples a Red Bone mix could be asian irish jamican or cuban, hawiian,african. just to name a few there are many more combo s
Red Bone by MWild December 16, 2011

red bone 

After extensive research I found that the term red bone refers to people who are tri- racial, and who have ancestry that is white, black, and native- american.
This mix usually results in people with brown skin with reddish undertones.
Ignorant person: That girl is a red bone.
Educated person: No, she is not she is mixed with only white and black and is too fair skinned.
red bone by Kim1990 July 26, 2009

Red Bone 

A reddish-Brown African American or someone mixed with 2 or more of the following afican american, naitive american,Asian,middle eastern and northern european.
Redbone is often confused with Yellowbone which is a Light skinned African American.
Red bones: Ashanti, Chilli from TLC, Amerie, pillar sanders,Queen latifah, Li' Romeo,

Yelowbones: Ludacris, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Lisa Raye, Raven Symone,Alicia Keys, Tia and Tomara mowry
Red Bone by Tchic April 29, 2008
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