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coloured

/ˈkʌl.əd/ adjective B1
  1. British standard spelling of colored.
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Elizabeth coloured, and said, “A little.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 276 · B2
About halfway up the forearm was a curious brown design, a triangle inside a circle, standing out in vivid relief upon the lard-coloured skin.
The Valley of Fear, p. 31 · C1
A short walk along the winding drive with such sward and oaks around it as one only sees in rural England, then a sudden turn, and the long, low Jacobean house of dingy, liver-coloured brick lay before us, with an old-fashioned garden of cut yews on each side of it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 38 · C1
As I looked at the deep-set windows and the long sweep of the dull-coloured, water-lapped front, I felt that no more fitting scene could be set for such a tragedy.
The Valley of Fear, p. 39 · C1

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