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

Young men and women of color play college football and basketball at far higher rates than in the overall student population— 45% of football starters, 71% of men’s basketball players, 60% of women’s. — Charles Grantham, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Made by women of color, for people of color, this lightweight SPF 30 sunscreen protects, hydrates, and provides a luminous glow to your face. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026

Racial disparities persist in PMOS Endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and uterine fibroids are common but painful gynecological conditions that often go undiagnosed, especially in women of color. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 28 July 2026

The disparity grows with career progression, higher education, and is particularly acute for mothers and women of color. — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 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