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colored

[ kuhl-erd ]

adjective

  1. having color.
  2. Older Use: Offensive. belonging wholly or in part to any group of nonwhite people, especially to Black people.
  3. Older Use: Offensive. pertaining to Black people.
  4. influenced or biased:

    colored opinions.

  5. The authorities detected a colored quality in her statement.

  6. Botany. of some hue other than green.


noun

  1. Older Use: Offensive.
    1. a Black person.
    2. the colored, Black people as a group.
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Sensitive Note

See Black 1.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹱-DZo adjective
  • ܲ·DZo adjective
  • ܲ·DZo·ly adverb
  • ܲ·DZo·ness noun
  • ܲd·DZo adjective
  • ɱ-DZo adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of colored1

A Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; color, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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The drawings are lush and vivid, sketched with sharp lines and colored with deep red and yellow.

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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.

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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.

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The five brightly colored characters helped the crowd to get its “wiggles” out and sang the hit “Party in My Tummy.”

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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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