colored

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Synonyms: colorer, coloured, -colored, colore

Antonyms: colorer, coloured, -colored, colore

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Adjective

1. Having a [[color]].
2. {{lb|en|in combination}} Having a particular [[color]] or kind of color.
3. Having prominent colors; [[colorful]].
4. [[biased|Biased]]; [[pervasive]]ly (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
5. {{lb|en|US|now|dated|and|usually|offensive}} Of skin color other than white; in particular, [[black]].
6. {{lb|en|South Africa|Namibia|Botswana|Zimbabwe|sometimes|capitalized}} [[belong|Belonging]] to a [[multiracial#Adjective|multiracial]] [[ethnic group]] or [[category]], having [[ancestry]] from more than one of the [[racial#Adjective|racial]] [[group#Noun|groups]] of [[Southern Africa]] ([[black#Adjective|black]], [[white#Adjective|white]], and [[Asian#Adjective|Asian]]). {{q|Under [[apartheid]], used as a [[metadescription]] for [[mixed-race]] people and peoples such as the [[w:Cape Coloureds|Cape Coloureds]].}}
7. {{lb|en|chiefly|historical}} Designated for use by colored people {{qualifier|in either the US or South African sense}}.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|laundry}} A colored [[article#Noun|article]] of [[clothing#Noun|clothing]].
2. {{lb|en|South Africa}} A person having [[ancestry]] from more than one of the [[racial#Adjective|racial]] [[group#Noun|groups]] of [[Southern Africa]] ([[black#Adjective|black]], [[white#Adjective|white]], and [[Asian#Adjective|Asian]]); a [[colored#Adjective|colored]] [[person#Noun|person]].
3. {{lb|en|US|dated|and|offensive}} A colored ([[nonwhite]]) person.

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|color||ed-form}}

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