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Colored vs Uncolorable - What's the difference?

colored | uncolorable |

As adjectives the difference between colored and uncolorable

is that colored is having a particular or kind of color while uncolorable is (mathematics|of a graph or map) that cannot be colored with fewer than a specified number of colors.

As a noun colored

is a colored person.

As a verb colored

is (color).

colored

English

Alternative forms

* coloured (British spelling)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a particular or kind of color.
  • * The room was colored''' red, with a dark-'''colored rug.
  • Having prominent colors; colorful.
  • * The singer wore a colored shirt.
  • Influenced pervasively but subtly.
  • * My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
  • Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
  • * Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
  • Of neither black nor white skin color.
  • * Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
  • (chiefly, historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
  • a black''' drinking fountain''; ''a '''black hospital

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A colored person.
  • (laundry) A colored article of clothing.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (color)
  • See also

    uncolorable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * uncolourable

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics, of a graph or map) That cannot be colored with fewer than a specified number of colors