coloured
/ˈkʌləd/adjective
उच्चारण कलड
रंगीन, रंगदार
Core word
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having a colour or colours rather than being white, black or plain
रंगीन, रंगदार
- coloured pencils
- She wore a brightly coloured sari to the wedding.
- The children drew pictures with coloured chalk.
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- Coloured lights decorated the streets at Diwali.
- Use coloured paper for the project.
Synonyms colourful bright tinted dyed
Opposite colourless plain
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[in compounds]
having the colour mentioned
(बताए गए) रंग का
- a cream-coloured wall
- straw-coloured hair
- A deep blue-coloured shirt looks good on him.
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- She painted the door a honey-coloured shade.
- Rust-coloured leaves covered the path.
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old-fashioned, offensive
(of a person) belonging to a race that does not have white skin
(पुराना, अपमानजनक प्रयोग) अश्वेत
- The word 'coloured' is now considered offensive when used about people.
- The word coloured was once used on official forms in South Africa.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
adverb/noun + coloured
Coloured joins a noun or an adverb to show the colour of something, usually as a compound with a hyphen.
Coloured किसी noun या adverb के साथ जुड़कर वस्तु का रंग बताता है, प्रायः hyphen वाले compound के रूप में।
- She wore a cream-coloured saree.
- The shop sells brightly coloured lamps.
coloured + noun
Before a noun, coloured means not black, white or plain; it is the opposite of colourless.
Noun से पहले 'coloured' का अर्थ काले, सफ़ेद या सादे से भिन्न रंग वाला है।
- The children drew with coloured pencils.
- Coloured glass filled the window.
coloured (figurative use)
Coloured by sth means influenced by it, usually in a way that makes a judgement unfair.
'Coloured by sth' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ से प्रभावित होना है, प्रायः ऐसे ढंग से कि निर्णय निष्पक्ष न रहे।
- His opinion was coloured by his earlier failure.
coloured (about a person)
Used for people, the word is considered offensive in many countries and should be avoided in your own writing.
व्यक्तियों के लिए इस शब्द को कई देशों में अपमानजनक माना जाता है, इसलिए अपने लेखन में इससे बचें।
- Historical texts may use the word, but modern writers prefer neutral terms.
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adverb + coloured
brightlyrichlydeeplyunevenlynaturally
- The market was full of richly coloured fabrics.
noun + coloured
rosecreamstrawwinesand
- He wore a straw-coloured hat in the sun.
coloured + noun
pencilschalklightspaperstones
- The teacher used coloured chalk on the blackboard.
coloured by
experienceprejudiceemotionmemorythe past
- Her view of the city is coloured by one bad trip.
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- The festival lights turned the whole street into a coloured river.
त्योहार की रोशनी ने पूरी गली को रंगीन नदी बना दिया।
- Radhika filled the poster with coloured shapes.
राधिका ने पोस्टर को रंगीन आकृतियों से भर दिया।
- A coloured television was a luxury in our village in the 1990s.
1990 के दशक में हमारे गाँव में रंगीन टेलीविज़न एक विलासिता थी।
- The report was coloured by the writer's own political views.
रिपोर्ट लेखक के अपने राजनीतिक विचारों से प्रभावित थी।
- He drank a pink-coloured juice made from rose petals.
उसने गुलाब की पंखुड़ियों से बना गुलाबी रंग का शरबत पिया।
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✗ The walls were coloured with blue.
✓ The walls were coloured blue.
Colour takes the colour as a complement, not with.
'Colour' के बाद रंग complement की तरह आता है, उसके पहले 'with' नहीं लगता।
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Coloured, colourful and colouring all come from colour, but they have different jobs.
Coloured, colourful और colouring तीनों colour से बने हैं, पर उनके काम अलग हैं।
Has a colour; not plain, or painted with a colour.
जिसमें रंग हो; सादा नहीं, या रंग से रंगा हुआ।
- She used coloured pens.
Full of many bright colours, or lively and interesting.
कई चमकीले रंगों से भरा हुआ, या जीवंत और रोचक।
- It was a colourful festival.
The substance or the natural colours of something.
रंग देने वाला पदार्थ, या किसी वस्तु के प्राकृतिक रंग।
- The cake had pink food colouring.
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§Grammar and usage
British and American: British English writes coloured, colour and colourful, while American English writes colored, color and colorful.
British और American में British English में coloured, colour और colourful लिखा जाता है, जबकि American English में colored, color और colorful लिखा जाता है।
Usage: Use 'person of colour' or a specific description instead of the offensive word coloured when talking about people.
Usage में लोगों के बारे में बात करते समय अपमानजनक शब्द coloured की जगह 'person of colour' या कोई स्पष्ट विवरण प्रयोग करें।