1. having color; not black, white, or transparent
2. influenced or affected by something in a way that changes one’s judgment
3. of mixed racial descent
Usage: chiefly British; potentially offensive

Examples

• She wore a brightly coloured dress to the party.
• The artist used coloured pencils to create the illustration.
• His judgment was coloured by his personal experiences.
• The witness gave a coloured account of what happened.
• The garden was filled with coloured flowers of every variety.
• Her opinion was coloured by what she had read in the newspaper.