'Colored' definitions:

Definition of 'colored'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" [syn: colored, coloured, colorful] [ant: uncolored, uncoloured]
adjective
Having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white]
adjective
Favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant" [syn: biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted]
adjective
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" [syn: bleached, colored, coloured, dyed]
noun
A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive [syn: colored person, colored]

Definition of 'Colored'

From: GCIDE
  • Color \Col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colored; p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring.] [F. colorer.]
  • 1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. [1913 Webster]
  • The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices. [1913 Webster]
  • He colors the falsehood of [AE]neas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To hide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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