Past tense of color
regular verb
The past tense of color is colored. The past participle is also colored.
Forms of color
| Base form (V1) | color /ˈkʌl.ə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | colored /ˈkʌləd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | colored /ˈkʌləd/ |
| Present participle | coloring |
| Third person singular | colors /ˈkʌl.əz/ |
Colored in a sentence
- Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
- Can this graph be 2-colored?
- Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.From the entry great
- Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.From the entry colored
- The people stared in awe at the magnificently colored flame tree.From the entry flame tree
Meaning of color
- noun The spectral composition of visible light.
- noun A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- noun Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
Questions about the past tense of color
- What is the past tense of color?
- The past tense of color is colored.
- What is the past participle of color?
- The past participle of color is colored.
- Is color a regular or irregular verb?
- Color is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: color (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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