colored

1. imp. & p. p. of Color Source: opted

2. a. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. Source: opted

3. a. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Source: opted

4. a. Of some other color than black or white. Source: opted

5. a. Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people. Source: opted

6. a. Of some other color than green. Source: opted

7. adj. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination Source: wordnet

8. adj. having skin rich in melanin pigments; Source: wordnet

9. adj. favoring one person or side over another Source: wordnet

10. adj. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural Source: wordnet

11. n. a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive Source: wordnet

12. 1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser. 2. Specious; plausible; aborned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Sir G. C. Lewis. His colored crime with craft to cloke. Spenser. 3. Of some other color than black or white. 4. (Ethnol.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people. 5. (Bot.) Of some other color than green. Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green. Gray. Note: In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is. Wood. Source: webster

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