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  • past participle of color.
  • past tense form of color.
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colored

[kuhl-erd] / ˈkʌl ərd /




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The skull had also been colored with cinnabar, a bright red pigment commonly used in ancient Peruvian funerary traditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Dots, however, were pitched as brightly colored cute cartoons meant to function as digital assistants for people with busy lives.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

During his decades-long career, Max created brightly colored graphic images and was credited with capturing the essence of the 1960s "summer of love" and psychedelia.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Values of colored gemstones have risen since the pandemic, following constraints in mining.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The other side’s a tangle of plugs and cables, a spiderweb of colored wires.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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