colored

1. (US)Having a color.

   Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.

   цветно́йcvetnój

   кольоро́вийkolʹoróvyj

   having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

2. (US, in compounds)Having a particular color or kind of color.

   The room was red, with a dark-colored rug.

   farbig

   цветно́йcvetnój

   кольоро́вийkolʹoróvyj

3. (US)Having prominent colors; colorful.

   The singer wore a colored shirt.

   farbig, bunt

   цветно́йcvetnój, разноцве́тныйraznocvétnyj

   кольоро́вийkolʹoróvyj, різнокольоро́вийriznokolʹoróvyj

4. (US)Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.

5. (US, dated, offensive, usually)Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.

   farbig

   цветно́йcvetnój

6. (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, US, Zimbabwe, capitalized, sometimes)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.)

   Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.

   farbig

   цветно́йcvetnój

7. (US, historical)Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).

   a colored drinking fountain

   a colored hospital

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