Synonyms of colored

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adjective

as in colorful

marked by a variety of usually vivid colors

the highly colored glassware that is the studio's hallmark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colorful
• varied
• rainbow
• striped
• multicolored
• various
• varicolored
• vibrant
• variegated
• polychrome
• polychromatic
• chromatic
• prismatic
• bright
• brilliant
• multihued
• dotted
• kaleidoscopic
• motley
• iridescent
• patterned
• spotted
• marbled
• speckled
• plaid
• checkered
• opalescent
• flecked
• mottled
• bicolored
• specked
• garish
• banded
• plaided
• parti-colored
• striated
• dappled
• gaudy
• showy
• flashy
• streaked
• dapple
• pied
• brave
• loud
• dichromatic
• piebald
• gay
• pinto
• barred
• tricolor
• two-toned
• trichromatic
• splashy
• tricolored
• parti-color
• brindled
• bichrome
• two-tone
• bicolor
• brindle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colorless
• achromatic
• gray
• bleached
• faded
• solid
• grey
• monochromatic
• decolorized
• neutral
• pale
• monotone
• self-colored
• dull
• pallid
• monochromic
• faint
• washed-out
• unbrilliant

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• colorless
• achromatic
• gray
• bleached
• faded
• solid
• grey
• monochromatic
• decolorized
• neutral
• pale
• monotone
• self-colored
• dull
• pallid
• monochromic
• faint
• washed-out
• unbrilliant

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colored

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verb

past tense of color

1

as in painted

to give color or a different color to

per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• painted
• tinted
• dyed
• stained
• brightened
• pigmented
• tinged
• striped
• tinctured
• darkened
• speckled
• lightened
• flecked
• bepainted
• mottled
• variegated
• patterned
• marbled
• specked
• checkered
• streaked
• striated
• dappled
• polychromed
• embrowned
• daubed
• toned (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bleached
• decolorized
• whitened
• blanched

• bleached
• decolorized
• whitened
• blanched

2

as in exaggerated

to add to the interest of by including made-up details

he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exaggerated
• padded
• embroidered
• embellished
• enhanced
• hyperbolized
• expanded
• satirized
• stretched
• magnified
• emphasized
• amplified
• elaborated (on)
• gussied up
• caricatured
• stressed
• played up
• hedged
• overemphasized
• dressed up
• fleshed (out)
• overdrew
• overstated
• overplayed
• fudged
• overdid
• enlarged (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimized
• understated
• belittled
• played down

• minimized
• understated
• belittled
• played down

3

as in distorted

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

his news reporting is colored by his prejudices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorted
• misrepresented
• cooked
• twisted
• slanted
• obscured
• perverted
• complicated
• warped
• misinterpreted
• masked
• garbled
• falsified
• camouflaged
• censored
• misrelated
• confused
• misstated
• fudged
• disguised
• veiled
• whitewashed
• bent
• mistranslated
• bowdlerized
• dissembled
• lied
• misdescribed
• misspoke
• mistook
• mystified
• paltered
• belied
• glossed (over)
• confounded
• equivocated
• fibbed
• prevaricated
• mixed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illustrated
• interpreted
• illuminated
• explained
• clarified
• cleared (up)
• spelled out
• deciphered

• illustrated
• interpreted
• illuminated
• explained
• clarified
• cleared (up)
• spelled out
• deciphered

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4

as in blushed

to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)

she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blushed
• flushed
• glowed
• reddened
• crimsoned
• turned color
• rouged
• bloomed
• ruddled
• humiliated
• incarnadined
• mortified
• disconcerted
• abashed
• discomfited
• fazed
• embarrassed
• chagrined