| a. | 1. | Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. |
| 2. | Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; | |
| 3. | Of some other color than black or white. | |
| 4. | (Ethnol.) 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; | |
| 5. | (Bot.) Of some other color than green. |
| Noun | 1. | colored - a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive Synonyms: colored person |
| Adj. | 1. | colored - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" Antonyms: uncolored, uncoloured - without color; "pure water is uncolored" |
| 2. | colored - having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples" | |
| 3. | colored - favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant" | |
| 4. | colored - (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" |