coloured

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coloured

  1. Having a particular colour or kind of colour
    • The room was coloured red, with a dark-coloured rug.
  2. Having prominent colours; colourful
    • The singer wore a coloured shirt.
  3. Influenced pervasively but subtly
    • My opinions are coloured by my upbringing.
  4. (US, older usage, now demeaning) Of skin colour other than the white, particularly black.
    • Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "coloured ladies"
  5. (South African, potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin colour.

[edit] Translations

having a particular kind of colour
colourful
influenced pervasively but subtly
US: of skin colour other than the white, particularly black
South Africa: of neither black nor white skin colour
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[edit] Verb

coloured

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of colour.

[edit] See also

Wikipedia article on colour

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