coloured

B1
US /ˈkʌlɝd/ UK /ˈkʌl.əd/
adj noun verb Freq #14200

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    British standard spelling of colored.

    For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

  2. 2
    noun

    Alternative form of colored.

    2018 Ticket taker, "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts", Anne with an E, season 2, episode 8, 13 minutes On this train we put the coloureds to work.

  3. 3
    adj

    having skin rich in melanin pigments

  4. 4
    adj

    having color or a certain color

  5. 5
    adj

    (used of color) artificially produced

  6. 6
    adj

    favoring one person or side over another

  7. 7
    verb

    simple past and past participle of colour

  8. 8
    adj

    Alternative letter-case form of coloured (“nonwhite, or mixed-race”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · having skin rich in melanin... dark
4 adj · having color or a certain... colored
5 adj · (used of color)... colored
6 adj · favoring one person or side... one-sided

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