From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Color \Col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Coloring}.] [F. colorer.]
1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing,
staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to
stain.
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The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in
them there is nothing else than a certain power and
disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that
color. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a
false appearance to; usually, to give a specious
appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make
plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were
colored by his prejudices.
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He colors the falsehood of [AE]neas by an express
command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden.
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3. To hide. [Obs.]
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That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
--Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Colored \Col"ored\, a.
1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
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The lime rod, colored as the glede. --Chaucer.
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The colored rainbow arched wide. --Spenser.
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2. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a
highly colored description. --Sir G. C. Lewis.
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His colored crime with craft to cloke. --Spenser.
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3. Of some other color than black or white.
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4. (Ethnol.) Of some other color than white; having a skin
color darker than that of caucasian people; mostly applied
to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored
man; the colored people. Opposite of {white} and
{caucasian}.
Syn: coloured, dark-skinned.
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5. (Bot.) Of some other color than green.
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Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some
other color than green. --Gray.
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Note: In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white
is. --Wood.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colored
adj 1: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in
combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in
color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" [syn: {colored},
{coloured}, {colorful}] [ant: {uncolored}, {uncoloured}]
2: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned
peoples" [syn: {colored}, {coloured}, {dark}, {dark-skinned},
{non-white}]
3: favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account
of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
[syn: {biased}, {colored}, {coloured}, {one-sided},
{slanted}]
4: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a
bleached blonde" [syn: {bleached}, {colored}, {coloured},
{dyed}]
n 1: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered
offensive [syn: {colored person}, {colored}]
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