I. col ‧ oured 1 BrE AmE British English , colored American English /ˈkʌləd $ -ərd/ adjective
[ Word Family: noun : COLOUR/COLOR , COLOURING/COLORING , ↑ coloration , COLOURANT/COLORANT , COLOURIST/COLORIST ; adjective : COLOURED/COLORED , discoloured/discolored, COLOURFUL/COLORFUL ≠ COLOURLESS/COLORLESS , ↑ multicoloured , COLOUR/COLOR ; verb : COLOUR/COLOR ; adverb : COLOURFULLY/COLORFULLY ≠ COLOURLESSLY/COLORLESSLY ]
1 . brightly/highly/richly etc coloured having a bright colour such as red, blue, or yellow etc, or a deep shade of a particular colour, but not black, white, or plain
2 . having a colour other than black or white:
coloured glass
a cream-coloured sweater
3 . taboo old-fashioned a very offensive word used to describe someone who is a member of a race of people with dark or black skin. Do not use this word.
4 . used in South Africa to describe someone whose parents or grandparents were not of the same race as each other
II. coloured 2 BrE AmE British English , colored American English noun [countable]
1 . taboo old-fashioned a very offensive word for someone who is a member of a race of people with dark or black skin. Do not use this word.
2 . a person whose parents or grandparents were not of the same race as each other – used in South Africa