The neutral colours showed off her café au lait sunburn.

c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64,
I have brought
Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you
From sun-burning.

1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, Volume 2, p. 199,
[…] there is a Country, in the World, call’d Turkey; where Women are secur’d against the Danger of Sun-burning, by being kept out of the open Air, and lock’d up, like other Jewels, in Places where no Mischief can reach ’em.

All foliage is necessary in Texas to keep the tomato fruit from sunburning.

My Aunt charg’d me not to pull off my Glove for fear of Sun-burning my hand.

“Oh shoot, I’ve sunburned the top half of my boobs,” she said, frowning down her chest.

If you are serious about protecting your eyes, look into wearing goggles or alpine glasses that protect the sides of the eyes as well as the direct path of light into them. I once hiked up Mary’s Glacier wearing only a hat. That night after the hike I couldn’t sleep. I had sunburnt my eyes. It felt like hot pokers were being stuffed into my head. I could not open my eyes for four days.

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