woman of color

noun

plural women of color

: a woman whose skin pigmentation is other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a) : a woman who is of a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) other than white or who is of mixed race

… Sen. Kamala Harris of California, will become the first woman of color to accept a major party's vice presidential nomination on Wednesday.

—Steve Peoples

In reality the 19th Amendment failed to enfranchise thousands of American women of color—Black, Asian, Latina and Native American.

—Anna Bloom

Examples of woman of color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That question, far too often, is one that women—especially women of color—are forced to answer, while it’s rarely asked of white men. —Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025

Schnall: In addition to all the strengths and potential of women of color, the book talks a lot about the obstacles that women of color face. —Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025

In much of her work, Grier portrayed strong Black women in a Hollywood where women of color were (are?) woefully underrepresented. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025

What’s more, women of color, including Black women, are more likely to experience burnout compared to their male counterparts and white female colleagues, according to data from Colorado’s Chamber of Commerce. —Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for woman of color

• bicolor
• concolor
• discolor
• tricolor
• colour
• culler
• duller
• multicolor
• technicolor
• unicolor
• versicolor
• watercolor