Coloured
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌl.əd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Coloured is an adjective meaning British standard spelling of colored.
Meaning
British standard spelling of colored.
More Meanings
- (British spelling) Alternative form of colored.
- simple past and past participle of colour
Example Sentences
2018 Ticket taker, "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts", Anne with an E, season 2, episode 8, 13 minutes On this train we put the coloureds to work.
For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
Word Forms
- coloureds
Synonyms for coloured
Depending on context, synonyms include black, dark, crimson, piebald, polychromatic, bay.
Antonyms for coloured
Common opposites include colorless, colourless, uncolored, uncoloured.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multicoloured, varicoloured, particolored, bicolored, bicolor, colored.
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