colored

A "white" and a "colored" (7) water fountain, now in a museum.

Adjective

  • Having a color.
  • Having a particular color or kind of color.
  • Having prominent colors; colorful.
  • Influenced pervasively but subtly.
  • Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
  • 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).
  • Designated for use by colored people .

Noun

  • A colored (nonwhite) person.
  • A colored person; a person descended from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black white, Asian, Austronesian).
  • A colored article of clothing.

Verb

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