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colored adjective

  /ˈkʌləɹd/
  • Having a particular color or kind of color.
coloré, de couleur
  • Having prominent colors; colorful.
coloré, de couleur, en couleur
  • (US, now, dated, and, usually, offensive) Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
de couleur
  • (South Africa, sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
de couleur, métis
  • Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
marqué, teinté

color noun

  /ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/ , /ˈkʌl.ɚ/
  • (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
  • (finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
couleur

color verb

  /ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/ , /ˈkʌl.ɚ/
  • (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
colorier
  • (transitive) To give something color.
colorer, teinter
  • (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
rougir

colorful adjective

  /ˈkʌləfəl/ , /ˈkʌlɚfəl/
  • Possessing prominent and varied colors.
  • Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
coloré

colorize verb

  • To add color to.
colorier, coloriser

coloration noun

  • The act or art of coloring.
coloration

colorism noun

  • (American spelling) Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
  • (painting) A style of painting characterised by the use of intense color.
colorisme

colorization noun

  • An electronic process that adds color to black and white movies.
colorisation

colored noun

  /ˈkʌləɹd/
  • (laundry) A colored article of clothing.
couleurs
  • (South Africa) A colored person; a person descended from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black white, Asian, Austronesian).
personne de couleur

coloring

coloration
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