1. Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
   "colored crepe paper"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
   - coloured [Brit, Cdn], colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Having skin rich in melanin pigments
   "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
   - coloured [Brit, Cdn], dark, dark-skinned, non-white 
3. Favoring one person or side over another
   - biased, coloured [Brit, Cdn], one-sided, slanted 
4. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
   - bleached, coloured [Brit, Cdn], dyed

1. A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
   - colored person [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn]

1. Add color to
   "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"
   - colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
   - tinge, colour [Brit, Cdn], distort 
3. Modify or bias
   "His political ideas color his lectures"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn] 
4. Decorate with colors
   "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], emblazon 
5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "color a lie"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], gloss 
6. Change color, often in an undesired manner
   - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: coloreds

See also: artificial, bay, bichrome, bicolor [US], bicolored [US], bicolour [Brit, Cdn], bicoloured [Brit, Cdn], black, blackened, blue-flowered, brightly-colored [US], brightly-coloured [Brit, Cdn], buff-colored [US], buff-coloured [Brit, Cdn], calico, chestnut-colored [US], chestnut-coloured [Brit, Cdn], chocolate-colored [US], chocolate-coloured [Brit, Cdn], cinnamon colored, cinnamon coloured, cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured [Brit, Cdn], cinnamon-red, cinnnamon colored [US], color [US], coloration, coloring [US], colorist [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colouring [Brit, Cdn], cream-colored [US], cream-coloured [Brit, Cdn], creamy-colored [US], creamy-coloured [Brit, Cdn], creamy-white, crimson, dark-colored [US], dark-coloured [Brit, Cdn], dichromatic, dun-colored [US], dun-coloured [Brit, Cdn], dusky-colored [US], dusky-coloured [Brit, Cdn], fawn-colored [US], fawn-coloured [Brit, Cdn], flame-colored [US], flame-coloured [Brit, Cdn], flesh-colored [US], flesh-coloured [Brit, Cdn], flushed, garnet-colored [US], garnet-coloured [Brit, Cdn], ginger, gingery, gold-colored [US], gold-coloured [Brit, Cdn], honey-colored [US], honey-coloured [Brit, Cdn], indigo, lead-colored [US], lead-coloured [Brit, Cdn], liver, liver-colored [US], liver-coloured [Brit, Cdn], metal-colored [US], metal-coloured [Brit, Cdn], metallic-colored [US], metallic-coloured [Brit, Cdn], monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous, motley, multicolor [US], multi-color [US], multicolored [US], multi-colored [US], multicolour [Brit, Cdn], multi-colour [Brit, Cdn], multicoloured [Brit, Cdn], multi-coloured [Brit, Cdn], neutral-colored [US], neutral-coloured [Brit, Cdn], olive-colored [US], olive-coloured [Brit, Cdn], orange-colored [US], orange-coloured [Brit, Cdn], orange-flowered, orange-hued, painted, pale-colored [US], pale-coloured [Brit, Cdn], pale-hued, partial, particolored [US], particoloured [Brit, Cdn], pastel-colored [US], pastel-coloured [Brit, Cdn], peach-colored [US], peach-coloured [Brit, Cdn], piebald, pied, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, purple-flowered, red, reddened, red-faced, red-flowered, roan, rose-colored [US], rose-coloured [Brit, Cdn], rosy-colored [US], rosy-coloured [Brit, Cdn], rust-colored [US], rust-coloured [Brit, Cdn], silver-colored [US], silver-coloured [Brit, Cdn], straw-colored [US], straw-coloured [Brit, Cdn], tawny-colored [US], tawny-coloured [Brit, Cdn], trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor [US], tricolour [Brit, Cdn], unreal, varicolored [US], varicoloured [Brit, Cdn], violet-colored [US], violet-coloured [Brit, Cdn], violet-flowered, violet-purple

Type of: act upon, adorn, affect, alter, apologise [Brit], apologize, bear on, bear upon, beautify, Black, Black person, change, decorate, embellish, excuse, grace, impact, influence, justify, modify, Negro, Negroid, ornament, rationalise [Brit], rationalize, touch, touch on, work

Antonym: discolor [US], uncolored [US]

Encyclopedia: Color

• SLR
• SLS
• slub
• slubbed
• slubber
• slubberdegullion
• sludge
• sludgy
• slue
• slug
• slugabed
• slugfest
• sluggard
• slugger
• sluggish
• sluggishly
• sluggishness
• sluice
• sluice down
• sluice valve
• sluicegate
• sluiceway
• sluicing
• slum
• slum area