Colored

//ˈkʌləɹd//

Synonyms for "colored" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (63)

Related words (105)

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Noun(7 words)

negress negrette negro-american niggy pekkie person of color zot

Adjective(3 words)

negro one-sided slanted

Adjective(1 words)

turkey red

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

6 entries

African-American Black Black person Negro Negroid blackamoor

More specific

15 entries

black blue brown colorful discolored gray green monochromatic multicolored orange purple red tinted white yellow

Antonyms

1 entries

uncolored

Synonyms

3 entries

bleached coloured one sided

Related terms

2 entries

colorism person of color

coordinate

3 entries

Asian black white

derived

118 entries

R-colored R-colored vowel R-coloured anticolored ash-colored aurora-colored aurora-coloured bicolored bicoloured brickcolored brickcoloured cherrycolored cherrycoloured clay-colored clay-colored thrush clay-coloured

Showing 16 of 118 words.

derived from

1 entries

color

form of

1 entries

color

has context

4 entries

historical laundry south africa us

related to

4 entries

black color colorful pervasive

similar

162 entries

artificial bay bichrome bicolor bicolored bicolour bicoloured black blackened blue flowered blue-flowered brightly coloured brightly-colored

Showing 16 of 162 words.

Translations

113 translations across 28 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مُلَوَّن adj (having a color)

Bulgarian

4 entries

оцветен adj (having a particular kind of color)
цветен adj (having a color)
цветен adj (colorful)
цветнокож adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

有色 adj (having a particular kind of color)
有色人種 /有色人种 noun (colored person)

Danish

4 entries

farvet adj (having a particular kind of color)
farvet adj (influenced pervasively but subtly)
farvet adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)
farvet adj (South Africa: of neither black nor white skin color)

Esperanto

1 entries

kolora adj (having a color)

Finnish

4 entries

sävyinen adj (having a particular kind of color)
värikäs adj (colorful)
värillinen adj (having a color)
värillinen adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

French

4 entries

coloré adj (having a particular kind of color)
coloré adj (colorful)
de couleur adj (having a particular kind of color)
de couleur adj (colorful)

Galician

3 entries

colorido adj (colorful)
de cor adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)
tinto adj (having a color)

Georgian

2 entries

ფერადი adj (having a particular kind of color)
ფერადი adj (colorful)

German

4 entries

bunt adj (colorful)
farbig adj (having a particular kind of color)
farbig adj (colorful)
farbig adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Greek

4 entries

έγχρωμος adj (having a color)
χρωματισμένος adj (having a color)
χρωματιστός adj (having a color)
χρωματιστός adj (colorful)

Hebrew

1 entries

צָבוּעַ adj (having a color)

Hungarian

4 entries

színes adj (having a color)
színes adj (colorful)
színes bőrű adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)
színű adj (having a particular kind of color)

Ingrian

4 entries

karvalliin adj (having a color)
karvalliin adj (having a particular kind of color)
karvalliin adj (colorful)
kirjava adj (colorful)

Japanese

2 entries

有色 adj (having a particular kind of color)
有色人種 noun (colored person)

Korean

2 entries

유색 adj (having a particular kind of color)
유색인종 noun (colored person)

Latin

1 entries

colōrātus adj (having a color)

Marathi

1 entries

रंगीत adj (having a color)

Māori

1 entries

whaikano adj (having a color)

Persian

1 entries

رنگین adj (having a particular kind of color)

Polish

4 entries

barwny adj (having a color)
barwny adj (having a particular kind of color)
barwny adj (colorful)
kolorowy adj (having a color)

Portuguese

4 entries

colorido adj (having a color)
colorido adj (colorful)
colorido/pintado de adj (having a particular kind of color)
de cor adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Romanian

4 entries

colorat adj (having a color)
colorat adj (having a particular kind of color)
colorată adj (having a color)
de culoare adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Russian

4 entries

разноцве́тный adj (colorful)
цветно́й adj (having a color)
цветно́й adj (having a particular kind of color)
цветно́й adj (colorful)

Spanish

1 entries

de color adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Swedish

4 entries

färgad adj (having a color)
färgad adj (having a particular kind of color)
färgad adj (influenced pervasively but subtly)
färgad adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Ukrainian

4 entries

кольоро́вий adj (having a color)
кольоро́вий adj (having a particular kind of color)
кольоро́вий adj (colorful)
різнокольоро́вий adj (colorful)

Vietnamese

1 entries

da màu adj (US: of skin color other than the white, particularly black)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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Meg colored the picture.

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His story is highly colored.

Source: tatoeba (287836)

She colored up to her temples.

Source: tatoeba (314561)

She folded colored paper into a paper crane.

Source: tatoeba (315437)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.