Coloured

¹

/ ˈkʌləd /

noun

1. old-fashioned,  an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person

2. 1. a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent

   2. a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue

adjective

1. old-fashioned,  designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people

coloured

²

/ ˈkʌləd /

adjective

1. possessing colour

2. having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured )

Usage

The use of Coloured to refer to a person of mixed ethnic origin is likely to cause offence and should be avoided

Example Sentences

The British actor is pointing down to a brightly coloured, Argyle patterned pair, worn with brown leather sandals.

From BBC

The police team that found the three had earlier said they were on a routine patrol near Ramteertha hills in the Gokarna forest, which borders the tourist paradise of Goa, when they spotted brightly coloured clothes hung near a cave.

From BBC

When they got closer - the entrance to the cave had been curtained off with brightly coloured saris - they saw a "little blonde girl" running out.

From BBC

Combined with the coloured, shimmering floor and walls, and a soundtrack of muffled voices, gongs and bird calls, it all creates a powerful if unnerving feeling of floating in another realm.

From BBC

Historically, brightly coloured lobsters were thought to be more vulnerable to predators, especially when young or moulting.

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