Coloured vs. Colored

Colouredadjective

standard spelling of from=British spelling

Colourednoun

standard spelling of from=British spelling

Colouredverb

simple past tense and past participle of colour

Coloured

same as colored.

Colouredadjective

having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination;

Colouredadjective

favoring one person or side over another;

Colouredadjective

(used of color) artificially produced; not natural;

Colouredadjective

having skin rich in melanin pigments;

Colouredadjective

having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral

Colouredadjective

imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality

Colouredadjective

wholly or partly of non-white descent.

Colouredadjective

used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white

Colourednoun

a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.

Colourednoun

a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue

Colourednoun

clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white

Coloredadjective

Having a color.

Coloredadjective

Having a particular color or kind of color.

Coloredadjective

Having prominent colors; colorful.

Coloredadjective

Influenced pervasively but subtly.

Coloredadjective

Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.

Coloredadjective

(South Africa) Of neither black nor white skin color.

Coloredadjective

Designated for use by colored people in either the US or South African sense.

Colorednoun

A colored person.

Colorednoun

(laundry) A colored article of clothing.

Coloredverb

simple past tense and past participle of color

Coloredadjective

Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

Coloredadjective

Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.

Coloredadjective

Of some other color than black or white.

Coloredadjective

Of some other color than white; having a skin color darker than that of caucasian people; mostly applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people. Opposite of white and caucasian.

Coloredadjective

Of some other color than green.

Colorednoun

a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

Coloredadjective

having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination;

Coloredadjective

having skin rich in melanin pigments;

Coloredadjective

favoring one person or side over another;

Coloredadjective

(used of color) artificially produced; not natural;

Colored

Colored or coloured, is an ethnic descriptor historically used in the United States (predominantly during the Jim Crow era) and other European-settled countries and their former colonies. In many of these places, it is now considered an ethnic slur, though has taken on a special meaning in Southern Africa.