bronzed

An old seaman, bronzed by the tropical sun, advanced, twirling the remains of a hat between his hands.

He was thin and worn, but clear and alert, his keen face bronzed by the sun and roughened by the wind.

A few locks of gray mingled with his hair, which was still thick and matted, while his bronzed features and determined glance well suited an old sailor who had braved the heat of the equator and the storms of the tropics.