English

Adjective

colored

1. Having a particular color or kind of color
   • The room was colored red, with a dark-colored rug.
2. Having prominent colors; colorful
   • The singer wore a colored shirt.
3. Influenced pervasively but subtly
   • My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
4. (older usage, potentially offensive) Skin color being other than the white, Anglo-Saxon race, particularly as an African American, or black person.
   • Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies"
5. (potentially offensive) In the context of apartheid, neither "black" nor "white"

Translations

• Danish: farvet (1,3,4); kulørt (2);
• Finnish: värikäs , värillinen
• Persian: رنگین (rangin)
• Spanish: coloreado

Verb

colored

1. past tense of color
2. past participle of color

Translations

• Danish: farvede (1); farvet (2)

See also

Wikipedia article on color