The skin varies from rich chocolate to tawny, most clearly darker than Polynesians, but not generally as dark as the peoples of Bougainville or the western Solomons, who Malaitans refer to as "black men".
Stanovnici otoka imaju tamniju kožu nego Polinežani, ali ne općenito tamnu kao narod na otoku Bougainvilleu ili zapadnom Salomonu, koje Malaitanci nazivaju "crncima".