Coloured

Definition: Coloured

Coloured

Adjective

1. Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain".

2. Favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant".

3. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde".

4. Having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples".

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Date "coloured" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Coloured

Crosswords: Coloured

A Cromwell would call up five million coloured men from the Empire, and not drain Britain of her wealth producing resources (Labour of Love; writing credit: Andrea Piva)

Nice Coloured Girls (1987)

The Rainbow Coloured Disco Dancer (1983)

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Books

• Collecting Miniature Coloured Cottages (reference)

• Coloured Pencils (Learn to Paint) (reference)

• David Walker's Appeal: To the Coloured Citizens of the World (reference)

• Now That We Are Free: Coloured Communities in a Democratic South Africa (reference)

• Pratt Ware: English and Scottish Relief Decorated and Underglaze Coloured Earthenware 1780-1840 (reference)

  (more book examples)

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... functional façades bristle with bamboo rods hung with brightly coloured clean linen. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Takahara..

The decapitation of a great block head by the mysterious agency of the claret coloured coat. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bessie did a juggling act with coloured balls. Credit: Library of Congress.

Asseola, a Seminole leader / drawn, printed, & coloured at J.T. Brown's lithographic establishment. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Chippeway widow / R.T.(?) ; drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment, No. 94 Walnut St. Credit: Library of Congress.

Moa-Na-Hon-Ga--Great Walker--An Ioway chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. Credit: Library of Congress.

Not-Chi-Mi-Ne--An Ioway chief / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment ; A.H. Credit: Library of Congress.

Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah, a Sioux chief / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pee-Che-Kir, a Chippewa chief / H.D. ; drawn, printed & coloured at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment. Credit: Library of Congress.

Se-loc-ta, a Creek chief / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment, No. 94 Walnut St. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

But when the actual force is over, the state of war ceases between those that are in society, and are equally on both sides subjected to the fair determination of the law; because then there lies open the remedy of appeal for the past injury, and to prevent future harm: but where no such appeal is, as in the state of nature, for want of positive laws, and judges with authority to appeal to, the state of war once begun, continues, with a right to the innocent party to destroy the other whenever he can, until the aggressor offers peace, and desires reconciliation on such terms as may repair any wrongs he has already done, and secure the innocent for the future; nay, where an appeal to the law, and constituted judges, lies open, but the remedy is denied by a manifest perverting of justice, and a barefaced wresting of the laws to protect or indemnify the violence or injuries of some men, or party of men, there it is hard to imagine any thing but a state of war: for wherever violence is used, and injury done, though by hands appointed to administer justice, it is still violence and injury, however coloured with the name, pretences, or forms of law, the end whereof being to protect and redress the innocent, by an unbiassed application of it, to all who are under it; wherever that is not bona fide done, war is made upon the sufferers, who having no appeal on earth to right them, they are left to the only remedy in such cases, an appeal to heaven. (Second Treatise of Government)

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She looked up at him for a moment, coloured deeply, and played something else

The coloured stripes are the same

Fleming had a box of crayons and one night during free study he had coloured the earth green and the clouds maroon

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Expressions using "coloured": brightly coloured ♦ coffee coloured ♦ coloured body ♦ coloured bulb ♦ coloured eyebrows ♦ coloured fancy paper ♦ coloured flashing light ♦ coloured letters ♦ coloured noise ♦ coloured paper ♦ coloured pencil ♦ coloured print ♦ coloured tabulating cards ♦ coloured wine ♦ coloured yarn ♦ cream coloured ♦ fawn coloured ♦ gaily coloured ♦ greenish coloured wine ♦ lemon coloured ♦ mixed light coloured printers shavings ♦ olive coloured ♦ paper lightly coloured in the pulp ♦ rose coloured ♦ surface coloured paper ♦ tip coloured mohair velours ♦ tip coloured shaggy suede ♦ twopence coloured ♦ vat coloured paper. Additional references.

Beginning with "coloured": coloured-glass, coloured-immigrant, coloured-in, coloured-sprite, coloured-tile.

Ending with "coloured": amber-coloured, apricot-coloured, bi-coloured, biscuit-coloured, body-coloured, bright-coloured, brightly-coloured, bronze-coloured, brown-coloured, buff-coloured, burgundy-coloured, champagne-coloured, chestnut-coloured, chocolate-coloured, coffee-coloured, corn-coloured, cream-coloured, creamy-coloured, dark-coloured, different-coloured, dull-coloured, dun-coloured, fawn-coloured, gaily-coloured, grey-coloured, hand-coloured, highly-coloured, honey-coloured, hyacinth-coloured, ivory-coloured, khaki-coloured, lavender-coloured, lemon-coloured, lilac-coloured, lime-coloured, mahogany-coloured, many-coloured, mouse-coloured, mud-coloured, mulberry-coloured, multi-coloured, mushroom-coloured, mustard-coloured, ochre-coloured, orange-coloured, pale-coloured, pastel-coloured, peach-coloured, pink-coloured, plum-coloured, primary-coloured, rainbow-coloured, rose-coloured, rust-coloured, saffron-coloured, sage-coloured, salmon-coloured, sand-coloured, sandy-coloured, sherry-coloured, silver-coloured, single-coloured, slate-coloured, straw-coloured, tan-coloured, tawny-coloured, tri-coloured, violet-coloured, warm-coloured, wheat-coloured, whole-coloured, wine-coloured.

Containing "coloured": cream-coloured horse, rose-coloured starling, salmon-coloured trout, snuff snuff-brown snuff-color snuff-colour snuff-colored snuff-coloured mummy-brown chukker-brown.

Albanian

me ngjyrë (colored, florid). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملون (chromatic, colored, hued, metis, tinct, tinted, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated, versicolored, versicoloured), ‏مصبوغ (colored, dyed), ‏هجين (colored, crossbred, currish, half breed, half caste, hybrid), ‏ذو لون معين (colored). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чернокож (colored), цветнокож (colored), цветен (chromatic, colored, floral, non-ferrous), оцветен (colored, illuminated, painted, stained, tinct, tinted). (various references)

Chinese 

上色 (Colored). (various references)

Czech

barevný (colored, colourful). (various references)

Danish

honningsvamp (armillaria, honey agaric, honey coloured agaric, honey fungus, shoestring fungus), blinklyssignal (colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flashing beacon, flashing signal), farveplanche (coloured plate), farvet garn (coloured yarn, dyed yarn), farvet glas (coloured glass), farvet kolbe (colored bulb, coloured bulb), farvet lampe (coloured light), farvet legeme (colored body, coloured body), farvet papir (colored paper, coloured paper), farvet skive (coloured disc), farvet støj (colored noise, coloured noise), farvet stål (coloured steel), glas farvet i massen (glass artificially coloured in the mass), temperaturfølsom farvestift (temperature-sensitive coloured crayon), hvidvin (white wine), kulørt garn (coloured yarn), kuloert blaek (coloured ink), naturfarvet uld (naturally coloured wool), oerkenlober (cream-coloured courser), overfladefarvet papir (surface colored paper, surface coloured paper), papir tet farvet i massen (paper lightly coloured in the pulp), pigmenttumor (coloured tumescence, pigmentary tumor), reagens med tilsat farve (artificially coloured reagent), stoffarvet papir (vat colored paper, vat coloured paper), svækket farve-og formopfattelse (slower receptivity of visual impressions, weakened coloured vision), forskelligtfarvede urinkonkrementer (multi-coloured variegated concretions, variegated concrements). (various references)

Dutch

gekleurd staal (coloured steel), aan testserum toegevoegde kleurstof (artificially coloured reagent), gekleurde schijf (coloured disc), gekleurde ruis (colored noise, coloured noise), gekleurde ponskaarten (coloured tabulating cards), gekleurde plaat (coloured plate), gekleurde lamp (coloured lamp), gevlekt (coloured wine, mottled, stained wine), gekleurde achtergrond (coloured back surface, coloured base), glas gekleurd in de specie (glass artificially coloured in the mass), gekleurd papier (colored fancy paper, colored paper, coloured fancy paper, coloured paper, surface colored paper, surface coloured paper), gekleurd licht (coloured light), gekleurd lichaam (colored body, coloured body), gekleurd glas (coloured glass), eenzijdig gekleurd papier (one-side colored paper, one-side coloured paper), eenzijdig gekleurd karton (one-side colored board, one-side coloured board), gekleurde ballon (colored bulb, coloured bulb), kleurschrijf of archiefpapier (coloured letters), tweezijdig gekleurd papier (two-sides colored paper, two-sides coloured paper), tweezijdig gekleurd karton (two-sides colored board, two-sides coloured board), temperatuurkleurstift (temperature-sensitive coloured crayon), renvogel (cream-coloured courser), pigmentair neoplasma (coloured tumescence, pigmentary tumor), papier in de massa licht gekleurd (paper lightly coloured in the pulp), gekleurd-natuurglaslamp (natural-coloured lamp, naturally coloured lamp), knipperlicht (blinker, colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flasher, flasher relay, flashing beacon, flashing signal, ghost, occulting light, phantom), vermindering van de visuele perceptie (slower receptivity of visual impressions, weakened coloured vision), kleurinkt (coloured ink), kleurglas (coloured glass), in de mengkuip gekleurd papier (vat colored paper, vat coloured paper), in de hollander gekleurd papier (vat colored paper, vat coloured paper), honingzwam (armillaria, honey agaric, honey coloured agaric, honey fungus, shoestring fungus), groene wijn (greenish coloured wine, greenish-coloured wine), lichtgekleurde gemengde drukkerij-rijfels (mixed light coloured printers shavings). (various references)

Finnish

värillinen, värikäs (colourful, rich in colour). (various references)

French

coloré (colored), varie, métis. (various references)

German

farbig (colored, colorful, colourful, non-white, vivid), bunt (colorful, colourful). (various references)

Greek 

έγχρωμοσ (colored), έγχρωμος (colour), μαύροσ (black, colored, negro, pitchy, sable), χρωματιστόσ (colored, stained). (various references)

Hebrew 

ירקרק (greenish, lemon coloured), ורוד (pink), זיתי (olive, olive coloured), אופטימי (optimist, optimistic, rose coloured, upbeat). (various references)

Hungarian

szinezett (colored). (various references)

Italian

colorato (colourful). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

錦鯉 (coloured carp), 色紙 (coloured paper, square drawing paper), 五彩 (5-coloured porcelain). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

にしきごい (coloured carp), いろがみ (coloured paper), ごさい (5-coloured porcelain, second wife). (various references)

Korean 

착색하는 (Colored, tinged). (various references)

Manx

meshtagh (coloured person, half-breed, promiscuous), daahit (dyed, painted, pigmented, stained), cullyrit. (various references)

Pig Latin

olouredcay.(various references)

Portuguese

corado (ablush, blowzy, blushing, colored, florid, flush, full-blooded, high-colored, high-coloured, red-faced, rubicund, ruddy), colorido (color, colored, colorful, coloring, colour, colourful, colouring, hue, stained, tinted, turn-up), tendencioso (tendentious), parcial (partial), de cor (by heart, colored, tinted). (various references)

Romanian

colorat (colored, dyed, florid, painted, ruddy), vopsit (colored, dyeing, lick, painted), de culoare (colored). (various references)

Russian 

цветной (multicoloured), красочный (colorful, colourful), крашеный (colored, dyed, painted), окрашенный (colored, painted, tinted), окрашивать цветной (colored). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

crnački (black, colored, negro), obojen (colored, dyed, painted), melezni (colored), induski (colored). (various references)

Spanish

colorado (Colorado, colored, dyed, naughty, red, scarlet), pintado (painted), negro (Negro, black), de colores (colorable, colored, colourable). (various references)

Swedish

färgad (colored). (various references)

Turkish

zenci (african, black, blackamoor, Blackie, Blacky, buck, colored, coon, crow, jim crow, moke, negro, negroid, sambo, spade, uncle), taraflı (biased, biassed, colored, interested, one sided, one way, partial, prejudiced, sided, tendentious, unfair, warped), renkli (colored, colorful, colourful, hued, lithochromatic, painted, staining, stirring), göz boyayıcı (colored, dazzler, misleading), etki altında kalmış (affected, biased, biassed, colored, prejudiced), boyanmış (colored, painted, polished), boyalı (colored, dyed, made up, painted, painty, staining, with make-up), aldatıcı (baffling, beguiling, catchy, colorable, colored, deceptive, delusive, devious, dishonest, double dealing, elusory, fake, fallacious, googly, hype, illusive, illusory, indirect, specious, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky). (various references)

Ukrainian

кольорований (colored), пофарбований (colored, dyed, stained), перебільшений (colored, exaggerated, exaggerative, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, outre, overdone, superlative, tall). (various references)

Vietnamese 

có màu sắc; mang màu sắc thêu dệt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "coloured": decoloured. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: decolour.

-1 letter: cloured, colored, decolor.

-2 letters: colder, colour, colure, cooled, cooler, curdle, curled, dolour, locoed, louder, loured.

-3 letters: ceorl, cloud, clour, clued, coder, coled, color, cooed, cooer, cored, coude, could, credo, crude, cruel, cured, decor, dolce, dolor, douce, drool, duroc, looed, lucre, lured, odour, older, rodeo, ruled, ulcer, uredo.

-4 letters: cero, clod, clue, code, coed, cold.

+1 letter: decolours, overcloud, uncolored, undercool.

+2 letters: decoloured, decorously, overclouds, undercools.

+3 letters: bloodsucker, decolouring, overclouded, supercooled, undercooled.

+4 letters: bloodsuckers, counterworld, fluoroscoped, indecorously, multicolored, overclouding, pronouncedly, uncontrolled, undercooling.

+5 letters: countermelody, counterworlds, nondisclosure, overcredulous.