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

Women’s pain is consistently more likely to be undertreated than men’s, a gap that widens further for women of color. —Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

In 2025, only 11 women directors and just seven women of color in lead roles were represented on IMDbPro’s Top 100 list. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

Then, in 1973, Fashion Fair cosmetics, the first national makeup brand founded by and catering to women of color, was launched. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026

Ethnic diversity also fell to its lowest number in eight years with seven women of color represented in lead roles for 2025. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 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