What is "coloured" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does coloured mean in English? Meaning of coloured definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "coloured" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "coloured": having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

Adjective

  • Meaning: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
  • Example: colored crepe paper the film was in color amber-colored heads of grain
  • Synonyms: colored colorful coloured
  • Antonyms: uncolored uncoloured
  • Similar: bay bichrome bicolor bicolored bicolour bicoloured black blackened blue-flowered brightly-colored brightly-coloured buff-colored buff-coloured calico chestnut-colored chestnut-coloured chocolate-colored chocolate-coloured cinnamon colored cinnamon coloured cinnamon-colored cinnamon-coloured cinnamon-red cream-colored creamy-colored creamy-white crimson dark-colored dark-coloured dichromatic dun-colored dun-coloured dusky-colored dusky-coloured fawn-colored fawn-coloured flame-colored flame-coloured flesh-colored flesh-coloured flushed garnet-colored garnet-coloured ginger gingery gold-colored gold-coloured honey-colored honey-coloured indigo lead-colored lead-coloured liver liver-colored metal-colored metal-coloured metallic-colored metallic-coloured monochromatic monochrome monochromic monochromous motley multi-color multi-colored multi-colour multi-coloured multicolor multicolored multicolour multicoloured neutral-colored neutral-coloured olive-colored olive-coloured orange-colored orange-coloured orange-flowered orange-hued painted pale-colored pale-hued particolored particoloured pastel-colored peach-colored piebald pied polychromatic polychrome polychromic purple-flowered red red-faced red-flowered reddened roan rose-colored rosy-colored rust-colored silver-colored straw-colored straw-coloured tawny-colored tawny-coloured trichromatic trichrome tricolor varicolored varicoloured violet-colored violet-coloured violet-flowered violet-purple
  • Meaning of "coloured": favoring one person or side over another

    Adjective

  • Meaning: favoring one person or side over another
  • Example: a biased account of the trial a decision that was partial to the defendant
  • Synonyms: biased colored coloured one-sided slanted
  • Similar: partial
  • Meaning of "coloured": (used of color) artificially produced; not natural

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
  • Example: a bleached blonde
  • Synonyms: bleached colored coloured dyed
  • Similar: artificial unreal
  • Meaning of "coloured": having skin rich in melanin pigments

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having skin rich in melanin pigments
  • Example: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People dark-skinned peoples
  • Synonyms: colored coloured dark dark-skinned non-white
  • Similar: black
  • Adjective: British standard spelling of colored.
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    coloured in English: coloured
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