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1. | [ adjective ] (color) having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination | |
Synonyms: | in_color colorful coloured | |
Examples: | "colored crepe paper" "the film was in color" "amber-colored heads of grain" |
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Related terms: | colorless red aflame hued tinted touched trichromatic black roan empurpled dichromatic ginger bicolor auburn monochromatic motley blue polychromatic blue calico bay color | |
2. | [ adjective ] (color) having skin rich in melanin pigments | |
Synonyms: | dark-skinned dark coloured | |
Examples: | "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" "the dark races" "dark-skinned peoples" |
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Related terms: | black | |
3. | [ adjective ] (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | |
Synonyms: | dyed coloured bleached | |
Examples: | "a bleached blonde" |
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Related terms: | artificial | |
4. | [ adjective ] (color) being or having or characterized by hue | |
Synonyms: | chromatic | |
Related terms: | achromatic blue red brown green xanthous yellow pink purple orange aureate amber lavender olive honey yellow-green mauve maroon blushful earthlike chestnut rose azure sapphire creamy bronze dun khaki tawny rust hazel sorrel straw mousy brownish-red vermilion chinese-red ultramarine umber magenta fuscous chartreuse tannish mosslike moss_green ocher carnation avocado amethyst olive-drab olive-brown coral coppery pea-green peacock-blue powder_blue cress_green bottle-green rose-red blue-green russet sage fuscous buff sea-green snuff canary stone jade tangerine tan auburn caramel vinaceous blae beige chestnut hue | |
5. | [ adjective ] favoring one person or side over another | |
Synonyms: | one-sided slanted biased | |
Examples: | "a biased account of the trial" "a decision that was partial to the defendant" |
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Related terms: | partial | |
6. | [ adjective ] favoring one person or side over another | |
Synonyms: | coloured one-sided slanted biased | |
Examples: | "a biased account of the trial" "a decision that was partial to the defendant" |
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Related terms: | partial | |
7. | [ noun ] a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | |
Synonyms: | colored_person | |
Related terms: | Black | |
Similar spelling: |
coloured collard Colorado collards Coloradan color_tube color_TV colour_TV |