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Dyed vs Colored - What's the difference?

dyed | colored |

As adjectives the difference between dyed and colored

is that dyed is coloured or tinted with dye while colored is having a particular color or kind of color.

As verbs the difference between dyed and colored

is that dyed is past tense of dye while colored is past tense of color.

As a noun colored is

a colored person.

dyed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Coloured or tinted with dye.
  • Derived terms

    * dyed-in-the-wool

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dye)
  • Anagrams

    *

    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