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colored Definition

col·ored (kul′ərd)

adjective

  1. having color
  2. of a (specified) color
  3. of a group other than the Caucasoid
  4. Old-fashioned black ()
  5. in South Africa, of racially mixed parentage
  6. altered, influenced, distorted, or exaggerated to some degree remarks colored by prejudice

colored Synonyms

colored

modif.

  1. Treated with color

    hued, tinted, tinged, shaded, flushed, reddened, glowing, stained, painted, dyed, washed, rouged, in color; see also painted 2, 3.

  2. *Belonging to a dark-skinned race

    brown, black, red, bronze, mulatto, melanistic, melanous; see also black 3, Indian 1, 2.

  3. Falsified

    misrepresented, perverted, tampered with, distorted; see false 2, 3.

colored Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • girl: This electronic version of The Colored Girl in the Constellation is published by The Richmond Review by arrangement with the author.
  • filter: Color Overlays - Colored filters which can be attached to the Tru-Vu Omniscreen TM eyesets for use in color therapy.