1.   A Southerner, perhaps, with very dark hair, and an olive skin.

2.   Her eyes were dark and luminous and her faintly olive skin normally carried a dusting of colour, high on her cheekbones.

3.   Of course, I thought, she has olive skin.

4.   She had flawless olive skin, huge dark eyes, an almost perfect profile.

5.   She looked beautiful -- the white silk of her blouse complemented her olive skin perfectly.

6.   The rosebud mouth was painted a glowing coral pink, an exotic contrast with her creamy olive skin, liquid dark eyes.

7.   The sooty eyes, the olive skin, the coarse black mop of the moustache gave little clue as to his origins.

8.   He had olive skin, hollow cheeks and a pencil moustache, his hair brilliantined and parted in the centre.

9.   According to Hinson, brunettes with olive skin look best in bright white, while those with fair skin and light hair look best in creamier shades.

10.   Someone suggested Giese was Italian because of her olive skin.