Word Finder - colored

definition

To give something color.

example

We could color the walls red.

synonyms

• dye
• paint
• shade
• stain
• tinge
• tint

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To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.

example

My kindergartener loves to color.

synonyms

• color in

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(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.

example

Her face colored as she realized her mistake.

synonyms

• blush

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To affect without completely changing.

example

That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.

synonyms

• affect
• influence

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To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).

example

Color me confused.

synonyms

• call

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To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.

example

Can this graph be 2-colored?

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A colored person.

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(laundry) A colored article of clothing.

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Having a color.

example

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

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Having a particular color or kind of color.

example

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

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Having prominent colors; colorful.

example

The singer wore a colored shirt.

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Influenced pervasively but subtly.

example

My opinions are colored by my upbringing.

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Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.

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Of neither black nor white skin color.

example

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.

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

example

a colored drinking fountain