colored

English

Alternative forms

• coloured (UK)

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ʹkŭlərd, IPA: /ˈkʌləɹd/, X-SAMPA: /"kVl@rd/

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Adjective

colored (comparative more colored, superlative most colored)

1. Having a particular color or kind of color.
   • The room was colored red, with a dark-colored rug.
2. Having prominent colors; colorful.
   • The singer wore a colored shirt.
3. Influenced pervasively but subtly.
   • My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
4. (US, older usage, now demeaning) Of skin color other than the white, particularly black.
   • Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies"
5. (South Africa, potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin color.
   • Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English mostly by whites.

Translations

having a particular kind of color

• Danish: farvet (da)
• Finnish: jonkin sävyinen (fi), värinen (fi)
• French: coloré (fr), de couleur (fr)

• German: farbig (de)
• Romanian: colorat (ro) m and n
• Russian: цветной (ru) (cvetnój) m 

colorful

• Danish: kulørt (da)
• Finnish: värikäs (fi)

• French: coloré (fr), de couleur (fr), en couleur (fr)
• German: farbig (de), bunt (de)
• Romanian: plin de culoare (ro) m and n

influenced pervasively but subtly

• Danish: farvet (da)
• Finnish: värittynyt (fi)

• French: marqué (fr), teinté (fr)

US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black

• Danish: farvet (da)
• Finnish: värillinen (fi)

• French: de couleur (fr)
• German: farbig (de)

South Africa: of neither black nor white skin color

• Danish: farvet (da)
• Finnish: värillinen (fi)

• French: métis (fr)
• German: farbig (de)

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: koloroza
• Persian: رنگین (rangin)
• Spanish: coloreado

Noun

colored (plural coloreds)

1. (demeaning or potentially offensive) A colored person.
2. (laundry) A colored article of clothing.

Translations

colored person

• Danish: farvet (da)
• Finnish: värillinen (fi)

• French: personne de couleur (fr) f

colored article of clothing

• French: couleurs (fr) f pl

Verb

colored

1. simple past tense and past participle of color

See also

Wikipedia article on color