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

In 2018, the foundation embraced a strategy to advocate for resources to go to girls and women of color. —ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026

But Arkapaw made history as the first woman and the first woman of color to win the top lensing award. —William Earl, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who won best cinematography for her work on Sinners, was only the fourth woman, and the first woman of color, to be nominated in the category. —Linda Holmes, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026

Durald Arkapaw is the fourth woman to be nominated in the category, following Ari Wegner (2021's The Power of the Dog) and Mandy Walker (2022's Elvis), and is the first woman of color nominee. —Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 16 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