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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

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