woman of color

noun phrase

plural women of color

: a woman whose skin pigmentation is other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a) : a woman who is of a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) other than white or who is of mixed race

… Sen. Kamala Harris of California, will become the first woman of color to accept a major party's vice presidential nomination on Wednesday.

—Steve Peoples

In reality the 19th Amendment failed to enfranchise thousands of American women of color—Black, Asian, Latina and Native American.

—Anna Bloom

Examples of woman of color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Black women and women of color are typically othered in any homogenous profession like policing. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 June 2026

But a Tribune investigation has found eight of Sayeg’s patients — all of them women of color — died in a seven-year span shortly after their surgeries at 63 Laser & Skin Clinic, located in a predominantly Latino neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side. —Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

White women with high-earning husbands were generally the ones who could afford to stay home, while many other women—especially women of color, whose husbands made far less on average—had to work low-wage jobs to help pay the bills. —Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

One of his greatest priorities now is helping develop the next generation of executives, particularly women of color. —Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for woman of color

• bicolor
• concolor
• discolor
• tricolor
• colour
• culler
• duller
• multicolor
• technicolor
• unicolor
• versicolor
• watercolor