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col·ored
/ ˈkələrd/
(Brit. col·oured)
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adj.
1.
having or having been given a color or colors, esp. as opposed to being black, white, or neutral:
brightly colored birds |
[in comb.]
a peach-colored sofa.
∎ fig.
imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality.
2.
(also Colored)
wholly or partly of nonwhite descent (now usually offensive in the U.S.).
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(also Coloured) S. Afr.
used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including African slave, Malay, Chinese, and white.
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relating to people who are wholly or partly of nonwhite descent.
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n.
1.
(also Colored) dated, usually offens.
a person who is wholly or partly of nonwhite descent.
∎ S. Afr.
a person of mixed ethnic origin speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue.
2. (coloreds)
clothes, sheets, etc., that are any color but white (used esp. in the context of washing and color fastness).
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Color and Its Reproduction-A Book Excerpt
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; ...to specify ink, original colors, and printed color areas. Indeed, colorimetry...signals into desired output colors. Color difference equations, which...same types of sample books. Color tints of process colors are selected from printed...
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Color palettizers for standardizing palettes across applications
Magazine article from: GATFWORLD; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...end up with different colors? Was neither color the one you expected...to "read" sample colors with a color measurement instrument...to the measured color * Select complimentary or intermediate colors * Display colors on...
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Color Compass 1.0. (Praxisoft's Color Compass color processing utility) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 8/1/1995; ; 700+ words
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Color Blindness
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color
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Color
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...White light and color White light (such as sunlight) and colors are closely related...and, finally, red colors. Words to Know Color: A property of light...x2014; that gives color to materials. Complementary colors: Two colors that...
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Eye Color
Book article from: Genetics
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