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Meaning of 'colored' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Colored [ a.]
- Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
- Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.
- Of some other color than black or white.
- Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.
- Of some other color than green.
2 . Colored [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Color

Meaning of 'colored' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . colored [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
Example in sentence:
  • amber-colored heads of grain;
  • colored crepe paper;
  • the film was in color
2 . colored [ s]
Meaning (2):
- favoring one person or side over another
Example in sentence:
  • a biased account of the trial;
  • a decision that was partial to the defendant
Meaning (3):
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
Example in sentence:
  • a bleached blonde

Nearby Words:

col col- colaborer colander colation colatitude colature colbertine colchicine colchicum

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