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family.me.uk says...

Yes. As a very young child my nephew and his parents were called into
the heads office, as he'd refered to "the black girl." It turned out
that he referred to another girl as "the red girl" - he didn't know
their names and was referring to their hair colour! Even if he had been
referring to skin colout, it is quite sensible to refer to a physical
attribute to identify someone - "he's the tall one over there; she's the
one with glasses; etc." what's so wrong with referring to skin colour.

Back in the 17th Century it was quite common to refer to "a black
woman" - meaning someone with black hair.

Even now we still talk about "a blond woman".

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Sam