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Significance The current study helps clarify who may be at risk for poorer psychosocial health when encountering discrimination and in what circumstances. Experiencing higher levels of discrimination (between-person) and more discrimination than usual on a given week (within-person) were both associated with poorer psychosocial well-being; however, the emotional and psychological sequalae of these experiences differed. Interrelations among within-person and between-person discrimination, skin tone, and coping indicate that individuals may experience the effects of discrimination differently based on their skin tone and suggest that the efficacy of race-related coping may be influenced by the immediate context (the nature of discrimination encountered) and individual sociodemographic characteristics (skin tone). Together, findings illustrate the difficulty individuals of color may face when coping with discrimination.