Clothing degrades skintones!

[nina]

Hi
I have observed that many clothing items, whether my own re-colours, downloaded items or even Maxis originals, cause unpleasant pixelation or lightening of the skintone where this is visible (legs, arms, chest etc.). It is perhaps more noticeable since I recently upgraded my in-game skintones via the miracle of DXT3, and especially noticeable with darker skintones.
So I wonder, is this just something I have to live with or is there a method to making clothing re-colours that don't degrade areas of bare flesh?

Thanks
Nina