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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams

[ English

[ Alternative spellings

• coloured (UK)

[ Pronunciation

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[ Adjective

colored (comparative more colored, superlative most colored)

1. Having a particular color or kind of color.
   • The room was colored red, with a dark-colored rug.
2. Having prominent colors; colorful.
   • The singer wore a colored shirt.
3. Influenced pervasively but subtly.
   • My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
4. (U.S., older usage, now demeaning) Of skin color other than the white, particularly black.
   • Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies"
5. (South Africa, potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin color.
   • Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English mostly by whites.

[ Translations

having a particular kind of color

Danish: farvet Finnish: jonkin sävyinen fi(fi)

German: farbig de(de)

colorful

Danish: kulørt Finnish: värikäs fi(fi)

German: farbig de(de), bunt de(de)

influenced pervasively but subtly

Danish: farvet

Finnish: värittynyt fi(fi)

US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black

Danish: farvet Finnish: värillinen fi(fi)

German: farbig de(de)

South Africa: of neither black nor white skin color

Danish: farvet Finnish: värillinen fi(fi)

German: farbig de(de)

[ Noun

Singular colored

Plural coloreds

colored (plural coloreds)

1. (demeaning or potentially offensive) A colored person.

[ Translations

colored person

Danish: farvet

Finnish: värillinen fi(fi)

[ Verb

colored

1. Simple past tense and past participle of color.

[ See also

Wikipedia article on color

[ Anagrams

• croodle
• decolor