coloured

coloured
   1. not exclusively of white Caucasian ancestry
   Oscar Wilde correctly described himself on entering the United States as pink;
    There are already white tables so why not have a table for the coloured fellers. (Theroux, 1973 — they were not foresters)
   In South Africa coloured or Cape coloured was used of those of mixed ancestry:
    The pass system, for example, barely affected Indians or Coloureds. (Mandela, 1994)
    A year ago the Cape Coloured teenager, who is due to make his Test debut against England at Port Elizabeth on Boxing Day, would have been content just to be in the crowd. (Sunday Telegraph, 24 December 1995)
   An America you may also meet a person of the coloured persuasion or a person of colour:
    I am not a black. I am a person of the colored persuasion. (Sanders, 1977)
    The Reverend then spent a very long time blasting everyone who wasn't of colour and had money. (Grisham, 1998)
   2. dyed
   Hair is never colourless:
    He could see the spark of rouge on her cheeks, the perfect part in her colored hair. (Turow, 1990 — part is American for parting)

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