colored

Other spellings

• (UK) coloured

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ʹkŭlərd, IPA ^(key): /ˈkʌlərd/, SAMPA: /"kVl@rd/

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Verb

Plain form color

Third-person singular colors

Past tense colored

Past participle colored

Present participle coloring

1. The past tense and past participle of color.
2. Having a color or kind of color.

   The wall was colored red, and the floor was colored white.

3. Having many colors; colorful.

   The singer wore a colored shirt.

4. (vulgar) Having skin color other than the white, most often black.

   In South Africa, many colored people speak Afrikaans, but English is spoken mostly by whites.

Noun

Singular colored

Plural coloreds

1. (offensive) A colored person.