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adj. - Having skin rich in melanin pigments; Favoring one person or side over another.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Title; an unsound title coloured over through the arts of a greedy council, iv.
  • Window dials, in coloured glass, are very pretty ornaments to an old-fashioned house.
  • I thought this was cool, if pricey: a service to make your sketchup, 2nd life, or wii avatar in coloured plaster.
  • Recent bright projectors I've seen still flicker in coloured sequence which interferes with peripheral vision in a darkened room.
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