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

"I can think of some of the coverage around him prior to the Six Nations being extremely positive about that side of his nature, so it gets coloured a lot by what actually happens on the results page."

From BBC

The FAI heard that in the aftermath of the death the care home began placing different types of meals on different coloured plates, with the colour coding reflected on the meal menu sheet.

From BBC

In a room along the corridor, Highbury children are in a movement class with the help of some brightly coloured animated dinosaurs on a screen.

From BBC

"The typical experience is coloured by the fact that heat pumps make colder water than gas boilers, and if you don't change your radiators your house will be cold," he says.

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Boxy tweed boucle jackets with fringed trims and structured brightly coloured handbags were the order of day, with various materials including lace also on display.

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