coloured
adjective /ˈkʌləd/
/ˈkʌlərd/
(US English colored)
- (often in compounds) having a particular colour or different colours
- brightly coloured balloons
- He uses ink and coloured pencils in his drawings.
- The street was ablaze with coloured lights.
- vases made of coloured glass
- dark-coloured jeans
- She was wearing a cream-coloured suit.
- The words are written in a different-coloured ink.
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesb1- She wore a richly coloured silk dress.
- variously coloured birds
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- boldly
- brightly
- brilliantly
- …
- (old-fashioned or offensive) (of a person) from a race that does not have white skin
- Coloured(in South Africa) having parents who are of different races