Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & p. p.) of Color. 2. (a.) Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. 3. (a.) Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. 4. (a.) of some other color than black or white. 5. (a.) of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people. 6. (a.) of some other color than green.

Multi-Version Concordance Colored (2 Occurrences) Proverbs 7:16 My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt; (See NAS RSV NIV) Nahum 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. (See NAS)