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colored
[ kuhl-erd ]
adjective
- having color.
- Older Use: Offensive. belonging wholly or in part to any group of nonwhite people, especially to Black people.
- Older Use: Offensive. pertaining to Black people.
- influenced or biased:
colored opinions.
The authorities detected a colored quality in her statement.
- Botany. of some hue other than green.
noun
- Older Use: Offensive.
- a Black person.
- the colored, Black people as a group.
Sensitive Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- -DZo adjective
- ܲ·DZo adjective
- ܲ·DZo·ly adverb
- ܲ·DZo·ness noun
- ܲd·DZo adjective
- ɱ-DZo adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The drawings are lush and vivid, sketched with sharp lines and colored with deep red and yellow.
Customs and Border Protection officers at LAX inspected an outbound air cargo shipment declared as “Assorted Dog Shampoos,” which contained the 12 brightly colored bottles.
Murakami is unquestionably adept with a brush, a pen or a computer, creating iconic art that features manga, anime, cartoons and brightly colored anthropomorphic cherry blossoms, mushrooms and assorted flowers.
The five brightly colored characters helped the crowd to get its “wiggles” out and sang the hit “Party in My Tummy.”
Sunflower sea stars — vividly colored creatures with up to 24 arms, and which can weigh as much as a small dog — once thrived along the Pacific Coast between Alaska and Baja California.
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How Do You Spell Colored?
Spelling tips for colored
The word colored is hard to spell for three reasons. First, it can be tempting to use a double l or double r. Second, in British English, the word is spelled with a u (colored), unlike in American English. Finally, the ending -ed is pronounced simply [ d ], so one may forget the e.
How to spell colored: When it comes to color, keep it simple. You don’t need any extra letters, like a double l, double r, or u. For adjectives like colored that end with the sound [ d ], remember that you will always need a little Extra (e) to get it Done, -ed.
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