Definitions for colored
col·ored

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. colored, coloured, colorfuladjective

   having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

   "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

2. colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-whiteadjective

   having skin rich in melanin pigments

   "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"

3. biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slantedadjective

   favoring one person or side over another

   "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"

4. bleached, colored, coloured, dyedadjective

   (used of color) artificially produced; not natural

   "a bleached blonde"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. colorednoun

   (demeaning or potentially offensive) A colored person.

2. colorednoun

   (laundry) A colored article of clothing.

3. coloredadjective

   Having a particular color or kind of color.

4. coloredadjective

   Having prominent colors; colorful.

5. coloredadjective

   Influenced pervasively but subtly.

6. coloredadjective

   Of skin color other than the white, particularly black.

7. coloredadjective

   Of neither black nor white skin color.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Colored

   of Color

2. Coloredadjective

   having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained

3. Coloredadjective

   specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description

4. Coloredadjective

   of some other color than black or white

5. Coloredadjective

   of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people

6. Coloredadjective

   of some other color than green

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1. Colored

   Colored is a term that was formerly used in the United States to refer to black people. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word colored was first used in the 14th Century. In other English-speaking countries, the term has varied meanings. In South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the term Coloured refers both to a specific ethnic group of complex mixed origins, which is considered neither black nor white, and in other contexts to people of mixed race; in neither context is its usage considered derogatory. In British usage, the term refers to "a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent" and its use may be regarded as antiquated or offensive, and other terms are preferable, particularly when referring to a single ethnicity.

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1. coloredverb

   Verb form of the word color.

   They colored the living room wall silver with aqua furnishings.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

How to pronounce colored?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of colored in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of colored in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of colored in a Sentence

1. Simon Uribe:

   At some point, most of the city was colored with water, no power but you can see rivers in every street, i watched people -- some girls coming down the river -- some bodies coming by the water. It was terrible. It was pretty shocking.

2. Bernie Sanders ' elder brother:

   It's a rare treat, when I got to color in the box, I colored it in very heavily.

3. Jonathan Scott:

   ... She can cook, shes a musician, so theres so much music in this house -- she was playing the piano last night, we were singing together, and she also cut and colored my hair just for you guys.

4. Frederick Douglass:

   I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored mans political hopes and the ark of his safety.

5. Germaine Greer:

   Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and tat that transvestites are in love with, and no more.

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