Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Color.

2. (a.) Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

3. (a.) Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.

4. (a.) of some other color than black or white.

5. (a.) of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.

6. (a.) of some other color than green.