colored

African-American. The former "polite" term, replaced by "Negro," then by "black," now by "African-American."

White folks in Washington
They sure know how
To call a colored man a nigger,
Just to see him bow.
-- Lead Belly, "Bourgeois Blues"

colored by octopod June 13, 2004

colored

Another word for black/african-american

Not always rude just an old fashioned way to say it.

You shouldn't say colored now a-days cuz it's just racist.

colored by some polak November 7, 2004

colored

Word that offends black people, if you are white.

white person: "The colored girl, not the white one".

black person: "Are you calling me a slave?"

white person: "No."

black person: "Well, you said the word colored and that word is what you all use to describe us as you are hanging us."

white person: "umm, I was trying to be respectful".

black person: "Well, you are a cracker."

--and this is ok, apparently.

colored by grrllw675 October 20, 2008

Colored

1 ... People, objects, and descriptive social interaction of these things together, which in the brightness of light, can objectively be viewed in hues offered in the color spectrum, with each of those colors being able to be filtered out completely by the color black or the color white.

2 ... In socialology: .... The colorful arrays of cultural expressionism from a society of people.

We are all colored by the societies of people we associate with.

Colored by .bad. robot March 8, 2015

Colored

Something that we all are. Colored does not just mean Black anymore, that is only a stereotype. Here's a list of what color a race is associated with:

European-Americans=White
African-Americans=Black
Hispanic-Americans=Brown
Native Americans=Red
Asian-Americans=Yellow

It shouldn't matter what color you are. I am accepting of all races. There are people of every race that I don't like, but that is the same case with everyone in the country.
I honestly don't care if your white, black, red, purple, or orange, race is not an issue with me!

Colored by The Kentucky Yankee December 9, 2004

colored

mistakenly thought of as an "object of color", however there is no color 'out there.' Color is merely certain nanometers of electromagnetic energy that (lucky us) our eyes can register as color. Most electromagnetic energy cannot be processed by our eyes, for example, radio waves, or radiation. Thus what we see is only because of our eyes.

guy: hey Stac look at that "colored" person eating a burger.
stacy: wat are you talking about Guy?
guy: umm duh, that black person over there.
stacy: gosh, you're soweak-minded!
guy: wat did i do?
stacy: well for one black isn't even a color and secondly color is only what we see as electromagnetic energy...so yea,
you're just confused and miseducated Guy.
guy: so wat is color?
stacy: good question since no color exists as color lol.
guy: ya lol.

colored by the creatorx1 December 28, 2008

Colored

A word you can call blacks that will make them mad and probably try to rob you.

*out for a nice evening stroll*

Ah what can I do for you 4 fine colored gentlemen?

Colored by TheAlwaysCorrect1 January 7, 2023