# Skin (disambiguation)

Skin is a soft outer covering of an animal, in particular a vertebrate.
Skin(s) or The Skin(s) may also refer to:

## Outer covering

* Peel (fruit), or outer covering of any vegetable
* Skin (aeronautics), the outer covering of an aircraft or its wing
* Skinning, removing the outer layer of something's flesh
* Milk skin, a thin layer over the top of heated milk
* Hide (skin), an animal skin processed by humans
* Mobile phone skin, a protective and/or decorative covering for a mobile phone

## Arts and entertainment
### Film

* The Skin (film), a 1981 Italian film by Liliana Cavani based on the novel by Curzio Malaparte
* Skin (1995 film), a British short film directed by Vincent O'Connell
* Skins (2002 film), an American drama film
* Skin (2008 film), a British-South African biographical film about Sandra Laing
* Skin (2008), an award-winning Dutch film directed by Hanro Smitsman
* Skins (2017 film), a Spanish drama film
* Skin (2018 feature film), an American drama film by Guy Nattiv
* Skin (2018 short film), an American Oscar-winning drama film by Guy Nattiv
* Skin: The Movie (2018 film), an American comedy film by Ronn Kilby
* Skin (2020 film), an Iranian drama film

### Literature
#### Novels

* Skin (Andrew novel), a 2021 novel by Kerry Andrew
* Skin (Dekker novel), a 2007 novel by Ted Dekker
* Skin (Hayder novel), a 2009 novel by Mo Hayder
* Skin (graphic novel), a 1992 graphic novel by Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy
* Skin, an X-Files novel by Ben Mezrich
* The Skin (novel), a 1949 novel by Curzio Malaparte
* Skins, a 1995 novel by Adrian C. Louis

#### Other

* "Skin" (short story), a 1952 short story by Roald Dahl
* Skin and Other Stories, a 2000 story collection by Roald Dahl
* Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature, a 1994 collection of essays by Dorothy Allison
* Skin (Marvel Comics), a fictional character
* Skin, a 1995 play by Naomi Iizuka

### Music
#### Performers

* Skin (British band), a hard rock band, or their 1994 debut album
* Skin (Japanese band) or S.K.I.N, a rock supergroup
* Skin (musician) (born 1967), British singer, lead vocalist for Skunk Anansie
* The World of Skin, also known as Skin, an American band

#### Albums

* Skin (16volt album) or the title song, 1994
* Skin (Endorphin album) or the title song, 1999
* Skin (Erik Friedlander album), 2000
* Skin (Flume album), 2016
** Skin: The Remixes, 2017
* Skin (Joy Crookes album), 2021
* Skin (Katie Noonan album), 2007
* Skin (Melissa Etheridge album), 2001
* Skin (Peter Hammill album) or the title song, 1986
* Skin (Peter Himmelman album), 1994
* Skin (The Rainmakers album) or the title song, 1996
* Skins (Buffalo Tom album), 2011
* Skins (XXXTentacion album), 2018
* Skins! Bongo Party with Les Baxter, 1957
* Skin (EP), by Collide, 1996

#### Songs

* "Skin" (Breaking Benjamin song), 2003
* "Skin" (Rag'n'Bone Man song), 2017
* "Skin" (Rihanna song), 2010
* "Skin" (Sabrina Carpenter song), 2021
* "Skin (Sarabeth)", by Rascal Flatts, 2005
* "Skin", by Adema from the album Adema, 2001
* "Skin", by Alexz Johnson from Instant Star: Greatest Hits, 2009
* "Skin", by The Amenta from n0n, 2008
* "Skin", by Beartooth from Below, 2021
* "Skin", by Bladee from Eversince, 2016
* "Skin", by Bullet for My Valentine from Venom, 2015
* "Skin", by Club 8 from Pleasure, 2015
* "Skin", by Collective Soul from Blender, 2000
* "Skin", by Flowers from Icehouse, 1980
* "Skin", by Grimes from Visions, 2012
* "Skin", by Mac Miller from The Divine Feminine, 2016
* "Skin", by Machinae Supremacy from Overworld, 2008
* "Skin", by Madonna from Ray of Light, 1998
* "Skin", by Oingo Boingo from Dark at the End of the Tunnel, 1990
* "Skin", by R. Kelly, 2008
* "Skin", by Rae Morris from Unguarded, 2015
* "Skin", by San Cisco from Flaws, 2020
* "Skin", by Spacey Jane from Sunlight, 2020
* "Skin", by Spock's Beard from Day for Night, 1999
* "Skin", by White Zombie from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, 2008
* "Skin, No. 1" and "Skin, No. 2", by Julius Hemphill from Coon Bid'ness, 1975
* "Skins", by Pink Floyd from The Endless River, 2014
* "Skinz", by Pete Rock & CL Smooth from Mecca and the Soul Brother, 1992

### Video games

* Skin, in video game terminology, a player customization option for the outward appearance of an item.

### Television

* Skins (British TV series), a 2007–2013 teen drama series
** Skins (American TV series), an adaptation that aired on MTV in 2011
* Skin (American TV series), a 2003 drama series
* Skin (British TV programme), a 1980–1982 documentary programme
* "Skin" (Almost Human), an episode
* "Skin" (Supernatural), an episode
* Skin (Emmerdale), a character
* Skins, a species of aliens in Roswell
* Skin (2019 documentary), a documentary on perceptions of beauty based on skin color in Africa

## Sports

* Skins (sportswear), a company that manufactures and sells compression sportswear
* Skins game, a type of golf and curling event
* Skins, the team that plays a sport shirtless in shirts versus skins
* Washington Commanders, formerly the Washington Redskins, sometimes shortened to Skins

## Other uses

* Skin (anthropology), a form of social categorisation system in Australian Indigenous societies
* Skin (computing), a customized graphical presentation for computer software and websites
* Polaris Skin, an Italian ultralight trike design