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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Coloured tiles are even less efficient, comments Ben Graves, co-founder of UK solar company Sunsave.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
There were many practical advantages to being classified as Coloured rather than African, such as the fact that Coloured men were not required to carry passes.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The nutrition supplement market is a big business, with hundreds of brightly coloured recovery drinks and capsules promising reduced soreness and faster recovery.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Many of the innovations of WSC – coloured clothing and day-night cricket among them – shaped the game as we know it today.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
At the entrance of a little hole in the muddy river bank she points to a patch of dark brown in the lighter coloured mud.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
That means shoppers could start seeing smaller, wonkier or oddly coloured veg on the shelves in the coming weeks - and sellers and growers say it's still good to eat.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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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