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col·oured

(kŭl′ərd)

adj. & n. Chiefly British

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coloured

(ˈkʌləd) or

colored

adj

1. possessing colour

2. having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured)

Coloured

(ˈkʌləd) or

Colored

n, pl Coloureds or Coloured, Coloreds or Colored

1. (Peoples) old-fashioned offensive an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person

2. (Peoples)

a. a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent

b. a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue

adj

(Peoples) old-fashioned offensive designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people

Usage: The use of Coloured to refer to a person of mixed ethnic origin is likely to cause offence and should be avoided

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Adj.	1.	coloured - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" colorful
	2.	coloured - favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant" biased, slanted, one-sided partial - showing favoritism
	3.	coloured - (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" dyed, bleached artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
	4.	coloured - having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" dark-skinned, non-white, dark black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

Translations

أسْمَر، زِنْجيالإنسان الملوّن: الأسودمُلَوَّن

barevný

farvetneger

bunt farbig Farbige

sävyinenvärikäsvärillinenvärittynyt

coloré

színesbõrû-színû

litaîurlitaîur, hörundsdökkur

colorato colorito di colore

fargerik farget mørkhudet

renklisiyah derili kimsezenci

有色人种有色人种的有色的

coloured

colored (US) [ˈkʌləd]

A. ADJ

1. [pencils, glass, chalk, beads] → de colores
brightly coloured silks → sedas fpl de colores vivos

2. (= biased) → parcial
a highly coloured tale → una historia de lo más parcial

3. (o.f.) (= black) [person] → de color

B. N

1. (o.f.) (= black) → persona f de color

2. (in South Africa) persona de padres racialmente mixtos

3. coloureds (= clothes) → ropa fsing de color

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coloured

[ˈkʌlə^rd] (British) colored (US)

adj

(= dyed) [plastic, glass, material] → coloré(e); [hair] → teint(e)
brightly coloured → aux couleurs vives

[photo] → en couleur

gold-coloured → doré(e)

(offensive or old-fashioned) [person] → de couleur

n (offensive or old-fashioned) → Noir(e) m/f

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coloured

, (US) colored

adj

→ bunt; fabric, walls also → farbig

(fig: = biased) → gefärbt; (= exaggerated) → ausgeschmückt; a highly coloured account → ein reichlich ausgeschmückter Bericht

person, race → farbig; (= of mixed blood) → gemischtrassig

n → Farbige(r) mf; (of mixed blood) → Mischling m

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coloured

colored (Am) [ˈkʌləd]

1. adj → colorato/a; (person, race) → di colore
a straw-coloured hat → un cappello color paglia
highly-coloured (tale, account) → molto colorito/a

2. n coloureds → gente f di colore

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colour

(American) color (ˈkalə) noun

1. a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them. What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.

2. paint(s). That artist uses water-colours.

3. (a) skin-colour varying with race. people of all colours.

4. vividness; interest. There's plenty of colour in his stories.

adjective

(of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white. colour film; colour television.

verb

to put colour on; to paint. They coloured the walls yellow.

ˈcoloured adjective

1. having colour. She prefers white baths to coloured baths.

2. belonging to a dark-skinned race. There are only two white families living in this street – the rest are coloured.

noun

(sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.

ˈcolourful adjective

1. full of colour. a colourful pattern.

2. vivid and interesting. a colourful account of his experiences.

ˈcolouring noun

1. something used to give colour. She put pink colouring in the icing.

2. complexion. She had very high colouring (= a very pink complexion).

ˈcolourless adjective

1. without colour. Water is colourless.

2. not lively or interesting. a colourless young woman.

ˈcolours noun plural

1. the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports. He won his cricket colours last season.

2. a flag. Army regiments salute the colours when on parade.

3. a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person.

ˈcolour-blind adjective

unable to tell the difference between certain colours. As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green.

ˈcolour scheme noun

an arrangement or choice of colours in decorating a house etc.

ˌoff-ˈcolour adjective

not feeling well. He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.

colour in

to put colour into (drawings etc). He coloured in all the oblong shapes on the page.

show oneself in one's true colours

to show or express one's real character, opinion etc. He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity.

with flying colours

with great success. He passed his exam with flying colours.

References in classic literature ?

Let us hear, then, what it is at its best estate--gaze on its bright side, if it has one; and then imagination may task her powers to add dark lines to the picture, as she travels southward to that (for the colored man) Valley of the Shadow of Death, where the Mississippi sweeps along.

Tell us whether, after all, the half- free colored man of Massachusetts is worse off than the pampered slave of the rice swamps!

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Around it were arranged, like the five points of a star, the other five brilliant balls; one being rose colored, one violet, one yellow, one blue and one orange.

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Fourthly, a swallow, which though differing from the Progne purpurea of both Americas, only in being rather duller colored, smaller, and slenderer, is considered by Mr.

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In a large chamber of the Palais Royal, hung with a dark colored velvet, which threw into strong relief the gilded frames of a great number of magnificent pictures, on the evening of the arrival of the two Frenchmen, the whole court was assembled before the alcove of M.