Unscramble colored

Definition of colored

adjective:

• having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper", "the film was in color", "amber-colored heads of grain". Synonyms: colorful, coloured. Antonyms: uncolored.
• having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People", "dark-skinned peoples". Synonyms: coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white.
• favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial", "a decision that was partial to the defendant". Synonyms: biased, coloured, one-sided, slanted.
• (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde". Synonyms: bleached, coloured, dyed.

noun:

• a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive. Synonyms: colored person.

verb:

• add color to; "The child colored the drawings", "Fall colored the trees", "colorize black and white film". Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize. Antonyms: discolor.
• affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case", "The sadness tinged his life". Synonyms: color, colour, distort, tinge.
• modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures". Synonyms: color, colour.
• decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones". Synonyms: color, colour, emblazon.
• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie". Synonyms: color, colour, gloss.
• change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored". Synonyms: color, colour, discolor, discolour.

Related words

aurify, azure, black, blacken, blackwash, blanch, blench, blotch, blue, blush, bronze, brown, burn, crimson, dye, embrown, empurple, flush, gray, green, grey, handcolor, handcolour, hue, imbue, incarnadine, melanise, melanize, miniate, motley, mottle, nigrify, pale, pigment, pinkify, polychrome, polychromise, polychromize, purple, purpurate, redden, retouch, silver, streak, sunburn, tan, tinct, tinge, tint, tone, touch, turn, verdigris, white, whiten, yellow.

Words nearby

coloured.

Rhymes with

coloured, multicolored.