A fork of Rural Dictionary
Light skinned female/male mixed with black and another race.
"she doesn't look full black, she must be a redbone"
Redbone is a person with red undertones in their skin. A person who is a yellow bone has yellow undertones in their skin. If you look closely at their skin you can see the differences.
A redbone can be a light-skinned african american or a person of mixed races meaning they have African American in them...mixed with other's ethnic races!
Redbone Example: Rachel True (Actress:Mona from Half and Half)
Yellow Bone Example: Faith Evans (R&B Singer)
A specific brown-to-reddish skinned people of Louisiana with dark eyes and straight, frizzy or curly hair. They are often thought of as a tri-racial people of Native American, African and some form of Eastern or Western European heritage. Redbones are not neccesarily Creole or Cajun--they traditionally speak English.
The redbone lived in the Louisiana bayou his whole life.
A female or male of African American descent who is light skinned with red undertones.
Beyonce, Halle Berry, Ciara, and Sanaa Lathan are redbones.
a black person with light skin
"that nigga is so light he must be a pure redbone"
Typically a very pretty light skinned black woman
DAYYUMMM, look at the fine ass redbone!!!!!