Meaning of coloured in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Classifying Adjective

   coloured

   Definitions

   1. favoring one person or side over another

   Examples

   • « a biased account of the trial »
   • « a decision that was partial to the defendant »

   Synonyms

   • partial
   • unfair
2. 2. (used of color) artificially produced

   Examples

   • « not natural »
   • « a bleached blonde »

   Synonyms

   • artificial
   • unreal
3. 3. having skin rich in melanin pigments

   Examples

   • « National Association for the Advancement of Colored People »
   • « the dark races »
   • « dark-skinned peoples »

   Synonyms

   • black

4. Qualitative Adjective

   coloured

   Definitions

   1. having color or a certain color

   Examples

   • « sometimes used in combination »
   • « colored crepe paper »
   • « the film was in color »
   • « amber-colored heads of grain »

   Synonyms

   • crimson
   • red
   • reddened
   • red-faced
   • flushed
   • bay
   • bicolor
   • bicolour
   • bicolored
   • bicoloured
   • bichrome
   • dichromatic
   • black
   • blackened
   • ginger
   • gingery
   • monochromatic
   • monochrome
   • monochromic
   • monochromous
   • motley
   • calico
   • multicolor
   • multicolour
   • multicolored
   • multicoloured
   • painted
   • particolored
   • particoloured
   • piebald
   • pied
   • varicolored
   • varicoloured
   • polychromatic
   • polychrome
   • polychromic
   • roan
   • touched
   • tinged
   • trichromatic
   • trichrome
   • tricolor

   Antonyms

   • uncolored
   • uncoloured