What is the meaning of colored?

noun

• A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive.
  • synonyms: colored person

verb

• Add color to.
  • usage: "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
  • synonyms: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
• Affect as in thought or feeling.
  • usage: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
  • synonyms: tinge, color, colour, distort
• Modify or bias.
  • usage: "His political ideas color his lectures"
  • synonyms: color, colour
• Decorate with colors.
  • usage: "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
  • synonyms: color, colour, emblazon
• Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.
  • usage: "color a lie"
  • synonyms: color, colour, gloss
• Change color, often in an undesired manner.
  • usage: "The shirts discolored"
  • synonyms: discolor, discolour, colour, color

adjective

• Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination.
  • usage: "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
  • synonyms: coloured, colorful
• Having skin rich in melanin pigments.
  • usage: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
  • synonyms: coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
• Favoring one person or side over another.
  • usage: "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
  • synonyms: biased, coloured, one-sided, slanted
• Used of color. ( artificially produced; not natural)
  • usage: "a bleached blonde"
  • synonyms: bleached, coloured, dyed