colored
adjective/ˈkʌləd/
/ˈkʌlərd/
(US English) (British English coloured)
- (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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- (old-fashioned, offensive) a word used to describe a person who is not white, which is now considered offensive
- Colored(in South Africa) having parents who are of different races
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