adj. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Of some other color than black or white.
- (Ethnol.) A derogatory term. As applied to a person, one of a colored race, which ordinarily means a Negro. Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.
- (Bot.) Of some other color than green. In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is.