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Coloured

To give something color.

📖 Definitions of "Coloured"

verb

1
To give something color.
"We could color the walls red."
2
To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
"My kindergartener loves to color."
3
(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
"Her face colored as she realized her mistake."
4
To affect without completely changing.
"That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book."

noun

adjective

1
Having a color.
"Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding."
2
Having a particular color or kind of color.
"The room was red, with a dark-colored rug."
3
Having prominent colors; colorful.
"The singer wore a colored shirt."
4
Influenced pervasively but subtly.
"My opinions are colored by my upbringing."

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bluenoun	Of a blue hue.
blacknoun	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
darknoun	Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
crimsonnoun	A deep, slightly bluish red.
piebaldnoun	Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
polychromatic	Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
baynoun	(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
gingernoun	The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
purplenoun	A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
monochromatic	Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
red-faced	With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
piednoun	Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
dichromatic	having two colors.
monochromenoun	Having only one colour.
flushed	Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
roannoun	A surname.
touched	Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
colorful	Possessing prominent and varied colors.
tinted	Slightly colored, having tint.
polychromic	Polychromatic; many-coloured.
varicolored	Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.
dark-skinned	Having a relatively dark skin.
polychromenoun	Using multiple or many colours.
tricolornoun	the French flag
painted	Coated with paint.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
colourless	Having little or no colour.
uncolored	(American spelling) Having no color; not treated with a dye or other color.
uncoloured	British standard spelling of uncolored.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
multicoloured	Alternative spelling of multicolored. [(American spelling) Having multiple colors.]
varicoloured	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of varicolored. [Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.]
particolored	US standard spelling of particoloured. [Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.]
bicolored	Alternative form of bicoloured. [Of two colours.]
bicolornoun	(American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour. [(Commonwealth spelling) Having two colours]
colorednoun	Having a color.
multicolored	(American spelling) Having multiple colors.
multicolornoun	(American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
particoloured	Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.
bicolournoun	(Commonwealth spelling) Having two colours
polychromatic	Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
colorful	Possessing prominent and varied colors.
piednoun	Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
bicoloured	Of two colours.
polychromenoun	Using multiple or many colours.
hued	Colored; having a hue.
bichrome	Having two colours
polychromic	Polychromatic; many-coloured.
dichromatic	having two colors.
varicolored	Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.