English

Alternative spellings
colored (US)

Adjective
coloured

1. Having a particular :w:colour|colour or kind of colour

#* The room was coloured red, with a dark-coloured rug.

1. Having prominent colours; colourful

#* The singer wore a coloured shirt.

1. Influenced pervasively but subtly

#* My opinions are coloured by my upbringing.

1. (U.S., older usage, now demeaning) Of skin colour other than the white, particularly black.

#* Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "coloured ladies"''

1. (South Africa, potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin colour.

Translations
rfc-trans
Danish: farvet; kulørt
Finnish: värikäs (colourful), värillinen (skin colour)
German: farbig (2)
Ido: koloroza
Persian: ر�گ�� (rangin)
Spanish: coloreado

Verb
coloured

1. past of|colour

See also
:w:colour|Wikipedia article on colour

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