COLORED as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) colored is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

COLORED as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • having skin rich in melanin pigments
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    • the dark races
    • dark-skinned peoples
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  2. Meaning
    • having color or a certain color
    • sometimes used in combination
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • colored crepe paper
    • the film was in color
    • amber-colored heads of grain
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  3. Meaning
    • (used of color) artificially produced
    • not natural
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a bleached blonde
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  4. Meaning
    • favoring one person or side over another
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a biased account of the trial
    • a decision that was partial to the defendant
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