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colour vision deficiency |
colour wash |
colour-blind |
colouration |
colourcast |
coloured
| colourful
| colouring
| colouring material
| colourise
| colourize
coloured
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective coloured has 4 senses
- coloured(a = adj.all) colored, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
- coloured(s = adj.all) biased, colored, one-sided, slanted - favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
- coloured(s = adj.all) bleached, colored, dyed - (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"
- coloured(s = adj.all) colored, dark, dark-skinned, non-white - having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coloured, adj. & n. (US colored)
--adj.
1 having colour(s).
2 (Coloured) a wholly or partly of non-White descent. b S.Afr. of mixed White and non-White descent. c of or relating to Coloured people (a Coloured audience).
--n. (Coloured)
1 a Coloured person.
2 S.Afr. a person of mixed descent speaking Afrikaans or English as the mother tongue.
--adj.
1 having colour(s).
2 (Coloured) a wholly or partly of non-White descent. b S.Afr. of mixed White and non-White descent. c of or relating to Coloured people (a Coloured audience).
--n. (Coloured)
1 a Coloured person.
2 S.Afr. a person of mixed descent speaking Afrikaans or English as the mother tongue.
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