coloured

Other spellings

• (US) colored

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ʹkŭlərd, IPA ^(key): /ˈkʌlərd/, SAMPA: /"kVl@rd/

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Verb

Plain form colour

Third-person singular colours

Past tense coloured

Past participle coloured

Present participle colouring

1. The past tense and past participle of colour.

Adjective

Positive coloured

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. Having a colour or kind of colour.

   The wall was coloured red, and the floor was coloured white.

2. Having many colours; colourful.

   The singer wore a coloured shirt.

3. (offensive) Having skin colour other than the white, most often black.

   In South Africa, many coloured people speak Afrikaans, but English is spoken mostly by whites.

4. In South Africa, a coloured person is someone who is of mixed racial or ethnic origin.

Noun

Singular coloured

Plural none

1. (uncountable) (offensive) A coloured person.