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What (who) is rose-coloured spectacles - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
The Spectacles (disambiguation); Spectacles, The
rose-coloured spectacles
see rose-coloured
coloured
MULTIRACIAL ETHNIC GROUP OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Coloured; Coloured people; Bruinmense; Bruin mense; Kleurlinge; Kleurling; Bruine Afrikaners; Coloured South African; Coloured (South Africa); Mixed-race South Africans; Genetic studies on Coloureds; Coloreds (South Africa)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'colored'
1.
Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
The illustration shows a cluster of five roses coloured apricot orange.
...a cheap gold-coloured bracelet.
ADJ
2.
Something that is coloured is a particular colour or combination of colours, rather than being just white, black, or the colour that it is naturally.
You can often choose between plain white or coloured and patterned scarves.
...brightly coloured silks laid out on market stalls.
ADJ
3.
A coloured person belongs to a race of people with dark skins. (OFFENSIVE, OLD-FASHIONED)
ADJ: usu ADJ n
coloured
MULTIRACIAL ETHNIC GROUP OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Coloured; Coloured people; Bruinmense; Bruin mense; Kleurlinge; Kleurling; Bruine Afrikaners; Coloured South African; Coloured (South Africa); Mixed-race South Africans; Genetic studies on Coloureds; Coloreds (South Africa)
(US colored)
¦ adjective
1. having a colour or colours.
2. (also Coloured) wholly or partly of non-white descent (now usually offensive, except in South African use).
S. African historical of mixed ethnic origin.
¦ noun
1. (also Coloured) dated or offensive a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.
S. African a person of mixed descent, usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue.
2. (coloureds) clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white.
Usage
Coloured referring to skin colour was adopted in the US by emancipated slaves as a term of racial pride after the end of the American Civil War. In Britain it was the accepted term until the 1960s, when it was superseded (as in the US) by black. In South Africa, the term is used to refer to people of mixed descent, and in this context is not considered offensive.
Wikipedia
The Spectacles
- The Spectacles, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
- The Spectacles Wetlands, a wetland in the above suburb
- The Spectacles (short story), a short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Spectacle Maker, a 1934 short film
Examples of use of rose-coloured spectacles
1. I must have been wearing rose–coloured spectacles.
2. When your rose–coloured spectacles finally shatter, it won‘t be a pretty sight.