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

That includes strong women, especially women of color, and anyone else who doesn’t bow to him. —Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026

Hair extensions — a styling staple for millions of women, particularly women of color — may contain far more potentially harmful chemicals than researchers once realized. —Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Feb. 2026

Not to mistake correlation for causation, but the category also happens to be the one that has seen the most women of color win. —Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2026

Devonta admitted he's never dated a woman of color before, and was surprised that Brittany isn't white. —Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 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