What does colored mean?
Definitions for colored
col·ored
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word colored.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-whiteadjective
having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
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"
bleached, colored, coloured, dyedadjective
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural
"a bleached blonde"
Wiktionary
colorednoun
(demeaning or potentially offensive) A colored person.
colorednoun
(laundry) A colored article of clothing.
coloredadjective
Having a particular color or kind of color.
coloredadjective
Having prominent colors; colorful.
coloredadjective
Influenced pervasively but subtly.
coloredadjective
Of skin color other than the white, particularly black.
coloredadjective
Of neither black nor white skin color.
Webster Dictionary
Colored
of Color
Coloredadjective
having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained
Coloredadjective
specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description
Coloredadjective
of some other color than black or white
Coloredadjective
of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people
Coloredadjective
of some other color than green
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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.
Editors Contribution
coloredverb
Verb form of the word color.
They colored the living room wall silver with aqua furnishings.
Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of colored in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of colored in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of colored in a Sentence
If you Google ‘Champagne Pool’ online, you will see photos of the striking orange-colored precipitates that deposit around the edge of the pool.
anyway i saw it coming from the rooftops. they said the second coming was heading our way tomorrow’s world today force fed to us in a tobacco colored spoon keep us entertained – content - oppressed. we prayed, friend, and they brought it down.
I grew up [and] have been around long enough to remember going to Tennessee when I was 6 years old and seeing the White and Colored drinking fountains.
Coming outside and seeing his wife holding his baby and a coat colored pink but stained with red blood from his child, it’s unimaginable. It is unimaginable that this is happening in our city.
Stock outs happen. What you are supposed to do is wait for the right colored tubes to arrive.
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- цветен, оцветен, цветнокожBulgarian
- farvet, kulørtDanish
- bunt, farbigGerman
- رنگینPersian
- värikäs, värillinen, sävyinen, värinen, värittynytFinnish
- marqué, en couleur, métis, couleurs, teinté, personne de couleur, de couleur, coloréFrench
- 有色Japanese
- 有色, 유색Korean
- colorat, plin de culoareRomanian
- разноцветный, цветнойRussian
- 有色Chinese
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