English

Alternative forms

• of colour

Adjective

of color ‎(not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Of a race other than white, especially black-skinned. [from 18th c.]
   • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 54:

     It is to him that we owe the story that Talleyrand outraged the susceptibilities of the Philadelphians by his open admiration for a woman of colour with whom he frequently appeared in public.

Usage notes

Placed immediately after the noun, and not before: e.g., women of color, students of color. May be perceived as politically correct or euphemistic.