coloured
adjective
[ ˈkʌləd ]
• having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.
• "strings of coloured lights"
• wholly or partly of non-white descent.
• used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white.
• "there was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and Indian members"
coloured
noun
• a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.
• a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue.
• "the ANC was not making much progress among Indians or mixed-race Coloureds"
• clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white.
• "she wouldn't mix her whites with her coloureds on wash day"
colour
verb
• change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.
• "he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades"
• (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush.
• "she coloured slightly"
• influence, especially in a negative way; distort.
• "the experiences had coloured her whole existence"
Similar:
influence,
affect,
slant,
taint,
pervert,
warp,
twist,
skew,
distort,
bias,
prejudice,
poison,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French colour (noun), colourer (verb), from Latin color (noun), colorare (verb).
