colored
having color.
Older Use: Offensive. belonging wholly or in part to any group of nonwhite people, especially to Black people.
Older Use: Offensive.
a Black person.
the colored, Black people as a group.
Origin of colored
1usage note For colored
Other words from colored
- half-colored, adjective
- un·col·ored, adjective
- un·col·ored·ly, adverb
- un·col·ored·ness, noun
- un·der·col·ored, adjective
- well-colored, adjective
Words Nearby colored
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How to use colored in a sentence
How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone | Samantha Levine | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“I had this horrible secret and it colored everything I did,” said Roome.
The Arab women wore their colored hejabs, and the non-Muslim women dressed modestly and without a veil.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil | Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot surprisingly, many Hongkongers have been taking taxis, which may also have colored some opinions.
The massive inflatable structure is filled with multi-colored light and takes a prehistoric yet futuristic shape.
He conceived an idea of securing agents among the colored people, and in that way effect a good sale.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe clear, straw-colored fluid which is left after separation of the coagulum is called blood-serum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe intricate perforations of the lamp were inset with colored glass, and the result was a subdued and warm illumination.
Dope | Sax RohmerA light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinIn the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown Fyfe
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