colouredadjective
UK US colored uk/ˈkʌl.əd/us/ˈkʌl.ɚd/coloured adjective (APPEARANCE)
having or producing a colour or colours:
coloured lights/pencils
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Colour - general words
- chromatic
- color wheel
- colored
- colour
- colour wheel
- coloured
- discolour
- dye
- high-visibility
- hue
- pigment
- pigmentation
- run
- spectral
- spectrum
- stain
- tie-dye
- tinge
- tone
- tone in
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coloured adjective (RACE)
old-fashioned offensive used to describe a person who has black or brown skin:
Coloured people were not allowed to use the same facilities as whites.
in South Africa, used to describe a person of mixed race:
In the recent elections, the National Party was given a lot of support from the coloured population.
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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colourednoun
UK US colored uk/ˈkʌl.əd/us/ˈkʌl.ɚd/coloured noun (RACE)
[ C ] old-fashioned a person who has black or brown skin. This word is now considered offensive by most people.
Coloured [ C ]
in South Africa, a person of mixed race
coloured noun (APPEARANCE)
coloureds [ plural ]
clothes that are any colour except white
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Clothing - general words
- all-in-one
- apparel
- argyle
- attire
- bespoke tailor
- coordinate
- dress
- flare
- get up
- glad rags
- haberdashery
- hand-me-down
- haute couture
- separates
- suit
- Sunday best
- tailor
- tog
- tweed
- wear
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