"coloured" in the verb sense

1. color, colour

modify or bias

"His political ideas color his lectures"

2. color, colour, emblazon

decorate with colors

"color the walls with paint in warm tones"

3. color, colour, gloss

give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

"color a lie"

4. tinge, color, colour, distort

affect as in thought or feeling

"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"

"The sadness tinged his life"

5. color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in

add color to

"The child colored the drawings"

"Fall colored the trees"

"colorize black and white film"

6. discolor, discolour, colour, color

change color, often in an undesired manner

"The shirts discolored"

"coloured" in the adjective sense

1. colored, coloured, colorful

having color or a certain color sometimes used in combination

"colored crepe paper"

"the film was in color"

"amber-colored heads of grain"

2. biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted

favoring one person or side over another

"a biased account of the trial"

"a decision that was partial to the defendant"

3. bleached, colored, coloured, dyed

used of color) artificially produced not natural

"a bleached blonde"

4. colored, coloured, negro

having skin rich in melanin pigments

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