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coloured in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. favoring one person or side over another
    "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
    biased  colored  coloured  one-sided  slanted 
  2. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
    "a bleached blonde"
    bleached  colored  coloured  dyed 
  3. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
    "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
    colored  coloured  colorful 
  4. having skin rich in melanin pigments
    "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
    colored  coloured  dark  dark-skinned  non-white 
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coloured in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (adjective) Having a particular :w:colour/colour or kind of colour
  2. (adjective) Having prominent colours; colourful
  3. (adjective) Influenced pervasively but subtly
  4. (adjective) (U.S./older usage/now demeaning) Of skin colour other than the white, particularly black.
  5. (adjective) (South Africa/potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin colour.
  6. (verb) (past of/colour)
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