Talk:colored

RFV discussion: November–December 2022
RFV of the Adjective sense "Influenced pervasively but subtly." This had the usex "My opinions are colored by my upbringing." but, as an HTML comment remarked, that is color and not an adjective. Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com say an adjective meaning ~"biased" does exist, but their only usex is "colored opinions" and I can't find cites of that phrase where colored is adjective, e.g. returns nothing. Cites like "[something] colored opinions of [something else]" are the verb again. - -sche (discuss) 00:43, 12 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I can find "too colored" . However, the presence of "by" in most (but not all) of these makes the part of speech seem more like a participle.
 * These hits for "very colored" seem potentially more convincing:, , , . 98.170.164.88 01:02, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * It seems quite borderline, "very coloured by ..." also sounds fine to me and there are plenty of GBooks hits for it. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 22:52, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree it's not entirely clear. What adjective tests (such as those on WT:English adjectives) would be more persuasive?
 * Btw, here's comparative use with "more":, . 98.170.164.88 00:46, 13 November 2022 (UTC)


 * The cites that have now been added look good. I just couldn't find cites that weren't either "colored by" or "[actor] colored [object]". - -sche (discuss) 01:15, 13 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Passed, I guess... - -sche (discuss) 11:05, 30 December 2022 (UTC)