COLORED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colored mean? 

• COLORED (adjective)
  The adjective COLORED has 4 senses:

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

2. having skin rich in melanin pigments

3. favoring one person or side over another

4. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural

  Familiarity information: COLORED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLORED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

Synonyms:

colored; colorful; coloured

Context example:

amber-colored heads of grain

Similar:

liver; liver-colored (having a reddish-brown color)

violet-purple (light violet and dark purple)

metal-colored; metal-coloured; metallic-colored; metallic-coloured (having a metallic color)

monochromatic; monochrome; monochromic; monochromous (having or appearing to have only one color)

calico; motley; multi-color; multi-colored; multi-colour; multi-coloured; multicolor; multicolored; multicolour; multicoloured; painted; particolored; particoloured; piebald; pied; varicolored; varicoloured (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly)

neutral-colored; neutral-coloured (having a color that does not attract attention)

olive-colored; olive-coloured (having the color of green olives)

orange-colored; orange-coloured; orange-hued (having the color of ripe oranges)

orange-flowered (having orange flowers)

pale-colored; pale-hued (having a pale color)

pastel-colored (having pale delicate colors)

peach-colored (having the color of a ripe peach)

polychromatic; polychrome; polychromic (having or exhibiting many colors)

purple-flowered (having purple flowers)

red-flowered (having red flowers)

roan ((used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey)

rose-colored; rosy-colored (having a rose color)

rust-colored (having the brown color of rust)

silver-colored (having the color of polished silver)

straw-colored; straw-coloured (having the color of dry straw)

tawny-colored; tawny-coloured (having a tawny color)

trichromatic; trichrome; tricolor (having or involving three colors)

violet-colored; violet-coloured; violet-flowered (having a violet color)

indigo (having a color between blue and violet)

crimson; flushed; red; red-faced; reddened ((especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion)

bay ((used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color)

bichrome; bicolor; bicolored; bicolour; bicoloured; dichromatic (having two colors)

black; blackened ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood)

blue-flowered (having blue flowers)

brightly-colored; brightly-coloured (having a bright color)

buff-colored; buff-coloured (having a buff color)

chestnut-colored; chestnut-coloured (having the brown color of chestnuts)

chocolate-colored; chocolate-coloured (having the color of dark chocolate)

cinnamon-colored; cinnamon-coloured; cinnamon colored; cinnamon coloured (having the color of cinnamon)

cinnamon-red (red tinged with cinnamon)

cream-colored; creamy-colored; creamy-white (having the color of fresh cream)

dark-colored; dark-coloured; dusky-colored; dusky-coloured (having a dark color)

dun-colored; dun-coloured (having a dun color)

fawn-colored; fawn-coloured (having the color of a fawn)

flame-colored; flame-coloured (having the brilliant orange-red color of flames)

flesh-colored; flesh-coloured (having a bright red or pinkish color)

garnet-colored; garnet-coloured (having the color of garnet)

ginger; gingery ((used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color)

gold-colored; gold-coloured (having the color of gold)

honey-colored; honey-coloured (having the color of honey)

lead-colored; lead-coloured (having the color of lead)

Attribute:

color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

Antonym:

uncolored (without color)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having skin rich in melanin pigments

Synonyms:

colored; coloured; negro

Similar:

black (of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Favoring one person or side over another

Synonyms:

biased; colored; coloured; one-sided; slanted

Context example:

a decision that was partial to the defendant

Similar:

partial (showing favoritism)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(used of color) artificially produced; not natural

Synonyms:

bleached; colored; coloured; dyed

Context example:

a bleached blonde

Similar:

artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)

 Context examples 

A yellow colored, combustible leaflet material that emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition.

(Michler's Base, NCI Thesaurus)

A white to green colored leaflet material that emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition.

(Michler's Ketone, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of pilosebaceous hamartoma characterized by the development of a linear, flesh colored, fine papular eruption on the head, neck and upper chest after puberty.

(Moniliform Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The floors and terrain between craters show signs of water ice, colored in blue.

(Pluto’s ‘Halo’ Craters, NASA)

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant oval of crimson-colored clouds in Jupiter's southern hemisphere that race counterclockwise around the oval's perimeter with wind speeds greater than any storm on Earth.

(NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA)

The thick black or liver-colored coat of tight curls protects the dog from brambles and icy water.

(Curly-Coated Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, rapid heartbeat, loss of muscle coordination, and blue-colored skin.

(Methemoglobinemia, NCI Dictionary)

A pale yellow to pink colored, crystalline solid nitrosamine that turns green or orange when exposed to light and emits very toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition.

(N-Methyl-N-nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Your career is run by your solar tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement, and that house is colored by Uranus, the planet of innovation, which has been retrograde since August 11.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A yellow, green or blue colored, crystalline inorganic compound that produces toxic gases upon heating.

(Nickel Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)