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Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.

Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.

Of two colors.

Of the color of cream; light yellow. "Cream-colored horses." Hazlitt.

Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.

m a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard. There's treachery in that Judas-colored beard. Dryden.

Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

Same as Party-colored.

Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. "Parti-colored lambs." Shak.

Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." Shak.

Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.

Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.

Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.

Having three colors.

White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse.

Having various colors; changeable in color. "Versicolor, sweet- smelling flowers." Burton.