Hyphenation of colored

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word colored? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

col-ored

Definitions of colored:

1.	A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
2.	Having color or a certain color Sometimes used in combination Colored crepe paper The film was in color Amber-colored heads of grain
3.	Having skin rich in melanin pigments National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Dark-skinned peoples
4.	Favoring one person or side over another A biased account of the trial A decision that was partial to the defendant
5.	(used of color) artificially produced Not natural A bleached blonde

Synonyms of colored:

adj	colored, coloured, colorful, crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed, bay, bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome, dichromatic, black, blackened, ginger, gingery, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous, motley, calico, multicolor, multicolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, roan, touched, tinged, trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor
adj	coloured, dark, dark-skinned, black
adj	biased, coloured, one-sided, slanted, partial, unfair
adj	bleached, coloured, dyed, artificial, unreal
noun	colored person, Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid

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