Coloured vs. Colored: What's the Difference?
Coloured and Colored Definitions
Coloured
See colored.
Colored
Having color
Colored tissue paper.
Coloured
(British spelling) colored
Colored
Of or belonging to a racial group not categorized as white.
Coloured
(British spelling) colored
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Colored
Black or African American.
Coloured
(British spelling) colour
Colored
Of mixed racial descent.
Coloured
Same as colored.
Colored
Often Coloured South African Of or belonging to a population grouping made up of persons of mixed racial descent or of certain other nonwhite descent, especially as distinguished during apartheid from blacks, Asians, or whites.
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Coloured
Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination;
Colored crepe paper
The film was in color
Amber-colored heads of grain
Colored
Distorted or biased, as by irrelevant or incorrect information.
Coloured
Favoring one person or side over another;
A biased account of the trial
A decision that was partial to the defendant
Colored
A person belonging to a racial group not categorized as white.
Coloured
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural;
A bleached blonde
Colored
A black person, especially an African American.
Coloured
Having skin rich in melanin pigments;
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The dark races
Dark-skinned peoples
Colored
A person of mixed racial descent.
Colored
Often Coloured South African A person belonging to the Coloured population grouping, especially during apartheid.
Colored
Coloreds Pieces of laundry that are not light in color.
Colored
(American spelling) Having a color.
Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.
Colored
Having a particular color or kind of color.
The room was red, with a dark-colored rug.
Colored
Having prominent colors; colorful.
The singer wore a colored shirt.
Colored
Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
Colored
Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
Colored
Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). Cape Coloureds]].
Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
Colored
Designated for use by colored people in either the US or South African sense.
A colored drinking fountain
A colored hospital
Colored
A colored (nonwhite) person.
Colored
(South Africa) A colored person; a person descended from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black white, Asian, Austronesian).
Colored
(laundry) A colored article of clothing.
Colored
(American spelling) color
Colored
Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
The lime rod, colored as the glede.
The colored rainbow arched wide.
Colored
Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.
His colored crime with craft to cloke.
Colored
Of some other color than black or white.
Colored
Of some other color than white; having a skin color darker than that of caucasian people; mostly applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people. Opposite of white and caucasian.
Colored
Of some other color than green.
Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green.
Colored
A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
Colored
Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination;
Colored crepe paper
The film was in color
Amber-colored heads of grain
Colored
Having skin rich in melanin pigments;
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The dark races
Dark-skinned peoples
Colored
Favoring one person or side over another;
A biased account of the trial
A decision that was partial to the defendant
Colored
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural;
A bleached blonde
