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Added 9 October 2026

colored

/ˈkʌləd/ adjective

In Latin: colōrātus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about colored at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having a color.
Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.
Having a particular color or kind of color.
The room was red, with a dark-colored rug.
Having prominent colors; colorful.
The singer wore a colored shirt.

noun

A colored article of clothing.
A person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian); a colored person.
A colored (nonwhite) person.

verb

simple past and past participle of color

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