colored

Meaning

Adj

1. (US) Having a color.
2. (US) Having a particular color or kind of color.
3. (US) Having prominent colors; colorful.
4. (US) Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
5. (US, dated, offensive, usually) Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
6. (Botswana, Namibia, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, capitalized, sometimes) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
7. (US, historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).

Noun

1. (US) A colored article of clothing.
2. (South-Africa, US) A person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian); a colored person.
3. (US, dated, offensive) A colored (nonwhite) person.

Verb

simple past and past participle of color

color

• Noun
• Adj
• Verb

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Synonyms

coloured

coloured

dyed

painted

color

colorful

colour

color

slanted

colour

colored person

biased

red

one-sided

dark

multicoloured

multicolored

tinted

bleached

multicolored

multicoloured

of a certain color

dark-skinned

of a certain colour

non-white

swarthy

beautiful

black

blue

chromatic

colourful

green

hued

multicolor

pigmented

pitchy

sable

stained

storied

azure

technicolor

toned

variegated

yellow

chromatic color

people of color

people of colour

person of color

person of colour

Translations

farbig

di colore

coloré

de couleur

colorido

coloreado

gekleurd

colorado

colorié

έγχρωμος

χρωματιστός

infucatus

kleurig

colorato

Nicht-Weißer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌləɹd/

Etymology

From color + -ed.

Sentences

The colored sands are then poured into the bowl and stirred by hand .