1 : having color : not black or white
▪ We decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights. ▪ colored glass/pencils 2 : influenced by a person's feelings or prejudices
▪ He gave a highly colored account of the events. 3 old-fashioned + sometimes offensive a : of a race other than white ; especially : 1black 2
▪ a colored man/woman/child ▪ colored people/folks
b : of or relating to people who are not white
▪ The town she grew up in had a colored church and a white church. [=a church attended by black people and a church attended by white people]
▪ We decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights. ▪ colored glass/pencils
▪ He gave a highly colored account of the events.
▪ a colored man/woman/child ▪ colored people/folks
b : of or relating to people who are not white
▪ The town she grew up in had a colored church and a white church. [=a church attended by black people and a church attended by white people]





