Definition of Colored

Adjective: colored  kú-lurd
Usage: US (elsewhere: coloured)

  1. Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
    "amber-colored heads of grain"; "colored crepe paper";
    - coloured [Brit, Cdn], colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Having skin rich in melanin pigments
    "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People";
    - coloured [Brit, Cdn], dark, dark-skinned, non-white
     
  3. Favoring one person or side over another
    "a colored account of the trial";
    - biased, coloured [Brit, Cdn], one-sided, slanted
     
  4. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
    "a colored blonde";
    - bleached, coloured [Brit, Cdn], dyed
Noun: colored  kú-lurd
Usage: US (elsewhere: coloured)
  1. A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
    - colored person [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: color  kú-lur
Usage: US (elsewhere: colour)
  1. Add color to
    "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "The child colored in the drawings";
    - colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Affect as in thought or feeling
    "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";
    - tinge, colour [Brit, Cdn], distort
     
  3. Modify or bias
    "His political ideas color his lectures";
    - colour [Brit, Cdn]
     
  4. Decorate with colors
    "color the walls with paint in warm tones";
    - colour [Brit, Cdn], emblazon
     
  5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
    "color a lie";
    - colour [Brit, Cdn], gloss
     
  6. Change color, often in an undesired manner
    "The shirts colored";
    - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn]

See also:
colorectal
coloreds

Anagrams containing the word colored

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