Colored
WordNet
adjective
(1) Having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
"The dark races"
"Dark-skinned peoples"
(2) Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
"Colored crepe paper"
"The film was in color"
"Amber-colored heads of grain"
(3) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
"A bleached blonde"
(4) Favoring one person or side over another
"A biased account of the trial"
"A decision that was partial to the defendant"
noun
(5) A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Having a particular color or kind of color.
- The room was colored red, with a dark-colored rug.
- Having prominent colors; colorful.
- The singer wore a colored shirt.
- Influenced pervasively but subtly.
- My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
- Of skin color other than the white, particularly black.
- Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies"
- Of neither black nor white skin color.
- Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English mostly by whites.