coloured

Other spellings

• colored (US)

Verb

Plain form colour

Third-person singular colours

Past tense coloured

Past participle coloured

Present participle colouring

The past tense and past participle of colour.

1. Having a colour or kind of colour.

   The wall was coloured red, and the floor was coloured white.

2. Having many colours; colourful.

   The singer wore a coloured shirt.

3. (often considered offensive) Having skin colour other than the white, most often black.

   In South Africa, many coloured people speak Afrikaans, but English is spoken mostly by whites.

Noun

Singular coloured

Plural none

1. (uncountable) (often considered offensive) A coloured person.