adjective
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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a colored drinking fountain