This study was designed to examine the relationship between colorism and self-esteem and relationship satisfaction among college students. Additionally, the impact of other social-economic factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, and income level were evaluated. Data were collected via a questionnaire developed in google forms from 202 participants. The instruments included the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), A Generic Measure of Relationship Satisfaction (Hendrick, 1988), The Colorism Scale (Harvey, Banks, & Tennial, 2014), and a general demographics questionnaire. The results indicated a very low correlation between colorism and self-esteem (r = 0.084) and between colorism and relationship satisfaction (r = -0.118). The Univariate Analysis of Variance results showed no significant effect of gender, race, and income, nor an interaction effect on colorism. However, a One-Way ANOVA, with recorded race (African American/Black compared other races together) as the independent variable and colorism as the dependent variable, indicated a significant effect: F (1, 200) = 5.816, p = 0.017, with African Americans having a higher mean than other races together. The findings indicate that African American college students continue to be more affected by colorism than others.