colored
- noun
- /ˈkoʊlərd/
- Slur
- I say coloreds, but I understand from my daughter we are now African Americans.
- coloreds and Indians
- Medical School (Colored)
- Colored and whites
Examples
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Thus, while the search for a new race designation ensued, Colored continued as the popular term of choice, and African and Negro were eschewed.
Academic text (1994) -
COLORED OFFICER takes his hand, and he raises himself up with an effort and speaks.
Fiction book (1999) -
MAN: Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored.
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I like the coloreds used to live here.
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I guess there's a lot more to you coloreds than I thought.
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I didn't invite the coloreds onto the block!
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All the complainants have been coloreds.
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I got whites and coloreds saw 'em, but... last time I checked, there was nothing illegal with registering to vote.
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The entire population will be entered on a central register with separate classification for whites, natives, and coloreds.
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Just because bathrooms don't say colored and White doesn't mean these discriminatory behaviors have stopped.
Synonyms
A person with dark skin whose family comes from Africa
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
A way of seeing things as better than they are and ignoring problems
A small bird with dull brown-gray feathers that lives in Mexico and Central America
- Specialized
An experience of seeing colors when you hear sounds, especially music
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The noun colored comes from color, meaning 'skin tone' or 'hue'. In the past in the United States it was used to refer to Black people, but this meaning is now offensive and old-fashioned.