Synonyms: colored, colored person
Definition: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
Similar words: Negro, Negroid, Black, Black person, blackamoor
Definition: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
Synonyms: colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
Definition: having skin rich in melanin pigments
Usage: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; dark-skinned peoples
Similar words: black
Definition: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
Usage: a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization- Martin Luther King Jr.
Synonyms: colored, colorful, coloured
Definition: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
Usage: colored crepe paper; the film was in color; amber-colored heads of grain
Similar words: crimson, red, red-faced, reddened, flushed
Definition: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
Usage: crimson with fury; turned red from exertion; with puffy reddened eyes; red-faced and violent; flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
Similar words: bay
Definition: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
Similar words: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic
Definition: having two colors
Usage: a bicolor flower; a bicolored postage stamp
Similar words: black, blackened
Definition: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Usage: a face black with fury
Similar words: blue-flowered
Definition: having blue flowers
Similar words: brightly-colored, brightly-coloured
Definition: having a bright color
Similar words: buff-colored, buff-coloured
Definition: having a buff color
Similar words: chestnut-colored, chestnut-coloured
Definition: having the brown color of chestnuts
Similar words: chocolate-colored, chocolate-coloured
Definition: having the color of dark chocolate
Similar words: cinnamon colored, cinnamon coloured, cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured
Definition: having the color of cinnamon
Similar words: cinnamon-red
Definition: red tinged with cinnamon
Similar words: cream-colored, creamy-colored, creamy-white
Definition: having the color of fresh cream
Similar words: dusky-colored, dusky-coloured, dark-colored, dark-coloured
Definition: having a dark color
Similar words: dun-colored, dun-coloured
Definition: having a dun color
Similar words: fawn-colored, fawn-coloured
Definition: having the color of a fawn
Similar words: flame-colored, flame-coloured
Definition: having the brilliant orange-red color of flames
Similar words: flesh-colored, flesh-coloured
Definition: having a bright red or pinkish color
Similar words: garnet-colored, garnet-coloured
Definition: having the color of garnet
Similar words: ginger, gingery
Definition: (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
Usage: a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes; a ginger kitten
Similar words: gold-colored, gold-coloured
Definition: having the color of gold
Similar words: honey-colored, honey-coloured
Definition: having the color of honey
Similar words: indigo
Definition: having a color between blue and violet
Usage: indigo flowers
Similar words: lead-colored, lead-coloured
Definition: having the color of lead
Similar words: liver, liver-colored
Definition: having a reddish-brown color
Similar words: metal-colored, metal-coloured, metallic-colored, metallic-coloured
Definition: having a metallic color
Similar words: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous
Definition: having or appearing to have only one color
Similar words: painted, particolored, particoloured, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, calico, varicolored, varicoloured, piebald, pied
Definition: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Usage: a jester dressed in motley; the painted desert; a particolored dress; a piebald horse; pied daisies
Similar words: neutral-colored, neutral-coloured
Definition: having a color that does not attract attention
Similar words: olive-colored, olive-coloured
Definition: having the color of green olives
Similar words: orange-colored, orange-coloured, orange-hued
Definition: having the color of ripe oranges
Similar words: orange-flowered
Definition: having orange flowers
Similar words: pale-colored, pale-hued
Definition: having a pale color
Similar words: pastel-colored
Definition: having pale delicate colors
Similar words: peach-colored
Definition: having the color of a ripe peach
Similar words: polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic
Definition: having or exhibiting many colors
Similar words: purple-flowered
Definition: having purple flowers
Similar words: red-flowered
Definition: having red flowers
Similar words: roan
Definition: (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
Usage: a roan horse
Similar words: rose-colored, rosy-colored
Definition: having a rose color
Similar words: rust-colored
Definition: having the brown color of rust
Similar words: silver-colored
Definition: having the color of polished silver
Similar words: straw-colored, straw-coloured
Definition: having the color of dry straw
Similar words: tawny-colored, tawny-coloured
Definition: having a tawny color
Similar words: trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor
Definition: having or involving three colors
Usage: trichromatic vision; a trichromatic printing process; trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors; tricolor plumage; a tricolor process in photography
Similar words: violet-colored, violet-coloured, violet-flowered
Definition: having a violet color
Similar words: violet-purple
Definition: light violet and dark purple
Synonyms: bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
Definition: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
Usage: a bleached blonde
Similar words: unreal, artificial
Definition: contrived by art rather than nature
Usage: artificial flowers; artificial flavoring; an artificial diamond; artificial fibers; artificial sweeteners
Synonyms: one-sided, colored, coloured, slanted, biased
Definition: favoring one person or side over another
Usage: a biased account of the trial; a decision that was partial to the defendant
Similar words: partial
Definition: showing favoritism