1. Having colour or a certain colour; sometimes used in combination
   "amber-coloured heads of grain"; "coloured crepe paper";
   - colored [US], colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Having skin rich in melanin pigments
   "The coloured population faced discrimination in the early 20th century";
   - colored [US], negro [archaic], non-white
    
3. (used of colour) artificially produced; not natural
   "Her newly coloured hair was a striking shade of red";
   - bleached, colored [US], dyed
    
4. Favouring one person or side over another
   "a coloured account of the trial";
   - biased, colored [US], one-sided, slanted

1. A non-white person, esp. a Black
   "The survey aimed to include more coloureds in the sample";
   - non-white

1. Add colour to
   "The child coloured the drawings"; "Fall coloured the trees"; "The child coloured in the drawings";
   - color [US], colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings colour my judgment in this case"; "The sadness coloured his life";
   - tinge, color [US], distort
    
3. Modify or bias
   "His political ideas colour his lectures";
   - color [US]
    
4. Decorate with colours
   "colour the walls with paint in warm tones";
   - color [US], emblazon
    
5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "colour a lie";
   - color [US], gloss
    
6. Change colour, often in an undesired manner
   "The white shirt coloured after being washed with red socks";
   - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], color [US]

Derived forms: coloureds

See also: artificial, bay, bichrome, bicolor [US], bicolored [US], bicolour [Brit, Cdn], bicoloured [Brit, Cdn], black, blackened, blue-flowered, brightly-colored [US], brightly-coloured [Brit, Cdn], buff-colored [US], buff-coloured [Brit, Cdn], calico, chestnut-colored [US], chestnut-coloured [Brit, Cdn], chocolate-colored [US], chocolate-coloured [Brit, Cdn], cinnamon-colored [US], cinnamon-coloured [Brit, Cdn], cinnamon-coulored, cinnamon-red, color [US], coloring [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colouring [Brit, Cdn], cream, cream-colored [US], cream-coloured [Brit, Cdn], creamy-colored [US], creamy-coloured [Brit, Cdn], creamy-white, crimson, dark-colored [US], dark-coloured [Brit, Cdn], dichromatic, dun-colored [US], dun-coloured [Brit, Cdn], dusky-colored [US], dusky-coloured [Brit, Cdn], fawn-colored [US], fawn-coloured [Brit, Cdn], flame-colored [US], flame-coloured [Brit, Cdn], flesh-colored [US], flesh-coloured [Brit, Cdn], flushed, garnet-colored [US], garnet-coloured [Brit, Cdn], ginger, ginger-haired, gingery, gold-colored [US], gold-coloured [Brit, Cdn], honey-colored [US], honey-coloured [Brit, Cdn], indigo, lead-colored [US], lead-coloured [Brit, Cdn], liver, liver-colored [US], liver-coloured [Brit, Cdn], metal-colored [US], metal-coloured [Brit, Cdn], metallic-colored [US], metallic-coloured [Brit, Cdn], monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous, motley, multicolor [US], multi-color [US], multicolored [US], multi-colored [US], multicolour [Brit, Cdn], multi-colour [Brit, Cdn], multicoloured [Brit, Cdn], multi-coloured [Brit, Cdn], neutral-colored [US], neutral-coloured [Brit, Cdn], olive-colored [US], olive-coloured [Brit, Cdn], orange-colored [US], orange-coloured [Brit, Cdn], orange-flowered, orange-hued, painted, pale-colored [US], pale-coloured [Brit, Cdn], pale-hued, partial, parti-color [N. Amer], particolored [US], parti-colour [Brit], particoloured [Brit, Cdn], pastel-colored [US], pastel-coloured [Brit, Cdn], peach-colored [US], peach-coloured [Brit, Cdn], piebald, pied, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, purple-flowered, red, reddened, red-faced, red-flowered, roan, rose-colored [US], rose-coloured [Brit, Cdn], rosy-colored [US], rosy-coloured [Brit, Cdn], rust-colored [US], rust-coloured [Brit, Cdn], silver-colored [US], silver-coloured [Brit, Cdn], straw-colored [US], straw-coloured [Brit, Cdn], tawny-colored [US], tawny-coloured [Brit, Cdn], trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor [US], tricolour [Brit, Cdn], unreal, varicolored [US], varicoloured [Brit, Cdn], violet-colored [US], violet-coloured [Brit, Cdn], violet-purple

Type of: act upon, adorn, affect, alter, bear on, bear upon, beautify, Black, Black person, change, decorate, embellish, excuse, fancify, grace, impact, influence, modify, ornament, rationalise [Brit], rationalize, work

Encyclopedia: Coloured