1having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral:brightly coloured birds are easier to see [in combination]:a peach-coloured sofa
imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality:highly coloured examples were used by both sides
2 (also Coloured) dated or offensive wholly or partly of non-white descent.
South African used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white:there was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and Indian members
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Universal
1 (also Coloured) dated or offensive a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.
South African a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue:the ANC was not making much progress among Indians or mixed-race Coloureds
2 (coloureds) clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white:she wouldn’t mix her whites with her coloureds on washday
