Coloured
noun
an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person
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Coloured
1 British
/ ˈkʌləd /
noun
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old-fashioned an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person
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a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent
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a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue
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adjective
coloured
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British
/ ˈkʌləd /
adjective
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possessing colour
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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
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State legislatures literally criminalized the possession of things like David Walker's "Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World."
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
The Melbourne study is recruiting through a nonprofit partner organization called Many Coloured Sky that supports LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024
"Coloured stones performed extremely well, as did signed jewellery... There's a great market out there for rare things, and there are still collectors looking for the very best."
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023
She shared a house with Dr Harold Moody, the founder of civil-rights organisation The League of Coloured Peoples.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022
Often, the ANC, the South African Indian Congress, and the Coloured People’s Congress would make a collective statement on an issue affecting only Africans.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
A few classrooms are still standing, their brightly coloured walls decorated with painted balloons and flowers.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
As brightly coloured kites climb above Burin, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, children race across a sun-baked hillside, watching their creations soar into the sky.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
The service's map of Germany was nearly completely coloured the dark purple that signifies "extreme heat warning".
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Rain delayed play by half an hour, the atmosphere was muggy and the pitch coloured a light green.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Shortly after they had planned this story, a brightly coloured bird landed on a tree in front of them.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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