colored

colored — 形容詞

1. not black-and-white; having one or more colors rather than being only in shades

1.形容詞A2
釋義

彩色的

有顏色的，非黑白的

not black-and-white; having one or more colors rather than being only in shades of gray, white, or black — used mainly for pictures, images, lights, paper, and objects whose color is a visual feature.

例句

Hana decorated her room with colored fairy lights for the party.

Hana 為了派對用彩色的小燈串裝飾了她的房間。

colored + noun for decorative objects

The children used colored paper to make flowers for their teacher.

孩子們用色紙做花朵送給老師。

colored paper — craft material

同義詞
  • colorful

    suggests many bright colors or a lot of variety, not just the presence of color

  • bright

    focuses on the intensity of the color rather than the fact that something is not black-and-white

  • vivid

    strong, clear, and intense colors; more emphatic than colored

反義詞
  • black-and-white

    only shades of gray, white, and black — the opposite of colored for images

  • colorless

    having no color at all, not just lacking variety

文法句型

colored + noun

用法筆記

This is the US English spelling; the British spelling is coloured. Do NOT use this word to describe a person's skin or racial background — that usage is now considered offensive. For things with many bright colors, colorful is the more natural choice in modern English.

常見錯誤

❌The garden was full of colored flowers.
✅The garden was full of colorful flowers.
💡colorful describes many bright colors together, while colored simply means not black-and-white.
❌She colored a picture with coloreds.
✅She colored a picture with colored pencils.
💡colored is an adjective, not a noun for art supplies.

colored — 字尾