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Overview of noun colored

The noun colored has 1 sense


  • colored person, colored -- (a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive)


Overview of verb color

The verb color has 6 senses


  • color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")

  • tinge, color, colour, distort -- (affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life")

  • color, colour -- (modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures")

  • color, colour, emblazon -- (decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones")

  • color, colour, gloss -- (give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie")

  • discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")


Overview of adj colored

The adj colored has 4 senses


  • colored, coloured, colorful -- (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain")

  • colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white -- (having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples")

  • biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted -- (favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant")

  • bleached, colored, coloured, dyed -- ((used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde")