Coloured

¹ British  

/ 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

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adjective

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

coloured ² British  

/ ˈkʌləd /

adjective

1. possessing colour

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

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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

Her daughter had been given coloured paper to help her with her dyslexia and was allowed to leave lessons to self-regulate when overwhelmed, Becky said.

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Brightly coloured lights now decorate the streets and there are signs advertising Christmas bazaars and children's parties.

From BBC

Each of the four countries will be drawn into a group in a different coloured quadrant of the bracket, as shown in the image below.

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It is made of more than 1,000 handblown coloured glass tiles, each inlaid with gold leaf, echoing the colours of the cathedral's stained-glass windows.

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"My tools are simple: a ruler, pencils, coloured pencils and glue," he says.

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