coloured Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb modify or bias
   color; colour.
   
   • His political ideas color his lectures
2. verb decorate with colors
   color; colour; emblazon.
   
   • color the walls with paint in warm tones
3. verb give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   color; colour; gloss.
   
   • color a lie
4. verb affect as in thought or feeling
   color; colour; tinge; distort.
   
   • My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
   • The sadness tinged his life
5. verb add color to
   color in; colorise; color; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize; colorize.
   
   • The child colored the drawings
   • Fall colored the trees
   • colorize black and white film
6. verb change color, often in an undesired manner
   color; discolor; colour; discolour.
   
   • The shirts discolored
7. adjective having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
   colored; colorful.
   
   • colored crepe paper
   • the film was in color
   • amber-colored heads of grain
8. adjective satellite favoring one person or side over another
   biased; slanted; colored; one-sided.
   
   • a biased account of the trial
   • a decision that was partial to the defendant
9. adjective satellite (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
   dyed; colored; bleached.
   
   • a bleached blonde
10. adjective satellite having skin rich in melanin pigments
    dark; dark-skinned; non-white; colored.
    
    • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    • dark-skinned peoples

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