Home 2011: The Year in Coral Lips Coral was one of 2011's hottest lip hues! 120356433 By Tia Williams · Updated October 28, 2020 Not quite red and not quite pink, coral has become the go-to lip shade for Black women. The sultry shade has warm, golden-y undertones which make brown skin look vaguely sun-kissed and impossibly radiant. From pale peaches to vivid melons, these A-listers worked every hue on the coral spectrum in 2011.