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Definition of colored adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

colored

adjective
 
/ˈkʌləd/
 
/ˈkʌlərd/
(US English)
(British English coloured)
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  1. (often in compounds) having a particular color or different colors
    • brightly colored balloons
    • The street was ablaze with colored lights.
    • vases made of colored glass
    • She was wearing a cream-colored suit.
    • The words are written in a different-colored ink.
    • He uses ink and colored pencils in his drawings.
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  2. (old-fashioned, offensive) a word used to describe a person who is not white, which is now considered offensive
  3. Colored
    (in South Africa) having parents who are of different races
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