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Webster 1913 Edition
Colored
Col′ored
,Adj.
1.
Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
The lime rod,
colored
as the glede. Chaucer.
The
colored
rainbow arched wide. Spenser.
2.
Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well;
as, a highly
. colored
descriptionSir G. C. Lewis.
His
colored
crime with craft to cloke. Spenser.
3.
Of some other color than black or white.
4.
(Ethnol.)
Of some other color than white; having a skin color darker than that of caucasian people; mostly applied to negroes or persons having negro blood;
as, a
. Opposite of colored
man; the colored
peoplewhite
and caucasian
.
Syn. – coloured, dark-skinned.
5.
(Bot.)
Of some other color than green.
Colored
, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green. Gray.
☞ In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is.
Wood.
Webster 1828 Edition
Colored
COLORED
,pp.
1.
Having the external appearance changed; dyed; tinged; painted stained.2.
Streaked; striped; having a diversity of hues.3.
Having a specious appearance.Colored people, black people, Africans or their descendants, mixed or unmixed.
Definition 2025
colored
colored
English
Alternative forms
- coloured (British spelling)
Adjective
colored (comparative more colored, superlative most colored)
- Having a color.
- Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.
- Having a particular color or kind of color.
- The room was colored red, with a dark-colored rug.
- Having prominent colors; colorful.
- The singer wore a colored shirt.
- Influenced pervasively but subtly.
- My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
- (US, now dated and potentially offensive) Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
- Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
- (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 is spoken mostly by whites.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
- a colored drinking fountain; a colored hospital
Translations
having a color
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having a particular kind of color
colorful
influenced pervasively but subtly
US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black
South Africa: of neither black nor white skin color
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designated for use by colored people
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Noun
colored (plural coloreds)
Translations
colored person
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Verb
colored
- simple past tense and past participle of color