Definition of Colored
Adjective: colored kú-lurd
Usage: US (elsewhere: coloured)
- 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]
- Having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People";
- coloured [Brit, Cdn], dark, dark-skinned, non-white
- Favoring one person or side over another
"a colored account of the trial";
- biased, coloured [Brit, Cdn], one-sided, slanted
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
"a colored blonde";
- bleached, coloured [Brit, Cdn], dyed
Usage: US (elsewhere: coloured)
- A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
- colored person [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn]
Usage: US (elsewhere: colour)
- 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]
- Affect as in thought or feeling
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";
- tinge, colour [Brit, Cdn], distort
- Modify or bias
"His political ideas color his lectures";
- colour [Brit, Cdn]
- Decorate with colors
"color the walls with paint in warm tones";
- colour [Brit, Cdn], emblazon
- Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
"color a lie";
- colour [Brit, Cdn], gloss
- 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