--- title: "19 Coloured Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 19 Coloured quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Coloured sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/loesje-17656_coloured_all-humans-are-coloured-or-else-you-woul_564575.jpg" --- > [“All humans are coloured. Or else you wouldn't be able to see them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loesje/all-humans-are-coloured-or-else-you-wouldn-t-be-able-to-see-them/) [Loesje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loesje/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/loesje-17656_coloured_all-humans-are-coloured-or-else-you-woul_564575.jpg) > [“Who ever told you a Chinaman was a coloured man?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/who-ever-told-you-a-chinaman-was-a-coloured-man/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/kurt-vonnegut-41_coloured_who-ever-told-you-a-chinaman-was-a-colou_3236547.jpg) > [I am a very ginger-coloured person, but I don't have orange hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-minchin/i-am-a-very-ginger-coloured-person-but-i-don-t-have-orange-hair/) [Tim Minchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-minchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/tim-minchin-3287_am_i-am-a-very-ginger-coloured-person-but-i_2836156.png) > [“Truth" is coloured by perception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/truth-is-coloured-by-perception/) [Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/ellen-hopkins-475_coloured_truth-is-coloured-by-perception-2957363_2957363.png) > [I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika/i-was-a-show-off-as-a-kid-i-was-wearing-bow-ties-and-matching/) [Mika](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/mika-4719_bow_i-was-a-show-off-as-a-kid-i-was-wearing_278387.png) > [I love the man with the coloured face in this pic his name is Kwon! <3 <3](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivan/i-love-the-man-with-the-coloured-face-in-this-pic-his-name-is-kwon-3-3/) [VIVAN](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/vivan-20657_a-real-man_i-love-the-man-with-the-coloured-face-in_451257.jpg) > [Before you came into my life, it's all black & white. But now, you coloured my life with your love :)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buyuk/before-you-came-into-my-life-it-s-all-black-white-but-now-you/) [Buyuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buyuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/buyuk-39695_black-white_before-you-came-into-my-life-it-s-all-bl_2107606.jpg) > [I grew up in the suburbs, so I remember arriving at Waterloo and seeing Big Ben and the coloured lights on top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-freeman/i-grew-up-in-the-suburbs-so-i-remember-arriving-at-waterloo-and/) [Martin Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/martin-freeman-1860_arriving_i-grew-up-in-the-suburbs-so-i-remember-a_2438362.png) > [I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-tork/i-have-never-done-cult-tv-before-the-convention-was-good-it-gives-the/) [Peter Tork](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-tork/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/peter-tork-16370_before_i-have-never-done-cult-tv-before-the-con_351775.png) > [Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-brown/over-the-years-the-idea-seems-to-have-grown-up-that-brightly-coloured/) [Craig Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/craig-brown-10015_admitted_over-the-years-the-idea-seems-to-have-gr_1490094.jpg) > [Indeed, the whole point of the man bun, I have surmised, is to assert a high proficiency at yoga. There are no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/indeed-the-whole-point-of-the-man-bun-i-have-surmised-is-to-assert-a/) [Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/russell-smith-9877_assert_indeed-the-whole-point-of-the-man-bun-i_295365.jpg) > [I made it to London aged six, an event I recorded in my diary with coloured markers to convey my sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/i-made-it-to-london-aged-six-an-event-i-recorded-in-my-diary-with/) [Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_after_i-made-it-to-london-aged-six-an-event-i_2094827.jpg) > [My mother was a member of the Cape Coloured community. 'Coloured' is the South African word for the half-caste community that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/my-mother-was-a-member-of-the-cape-coloured-community-coloured-is-the/) [Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/peter-abrahams-27567_african_my-mother-was-a-member-of-the-cape-colou_1329313.jpg) > [When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/when-i-talk-about-rock-n-roll-to-me-that-goes-back-to-the-beginning/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/bobby-keys-27031_about_when-i-talk-about-rock-n-roll-to-me-that_65960.jpg) > [I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and water for coloured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frazier/i-know-my-destiny-i-was-born-into-animosity-bigotry-and-hatred-we-had/) [Joe Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-frazier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/joe-frazier-9753_alabama_i-know-my-destiny-i-was-born-into-animos_1775093.jpg) > [“I was waiting at table tonight, on account of it being such a big party, and just as I was coming round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisy-goodwin/i-was-waiting-at-table-tonight-on-account-of-it-being-such-a-big/) [Daisy Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisy-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/daisy-goodwin-33817_bertha_i-was-waiting-at-table-tonight-on-accoun_3044459.jpg) > [Dear White Fella When I am born I’m black When I grow up I’m black When I am sick I’m black When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/dear-white-fella-when-i-am-born-i-m-black-when-i-grow-up-i-m-black/) [Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/steven-pinker-526_black_dear-white-fella-when-i-am-born-i-m-blac_2488992.jpg) > [When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-i-m-born-i-m-black-when-i-grow-up-i-m-black-when-i-m-in-the-sun/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/malcolm-x-213_black_when-i-m-born-i-m-black-when-i-grow-up-i_228926.jpg) > [“Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/ a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/ i been tryin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/ever-since-i-realized-there-waz-someone-callt-a-colored-girl-an-evil/) [Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/ntozake-shange-11891_bitch_ever-since-i-realized-there-waz-someone_2893633.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coloured/#itemlist", "name": "Coloured Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All humans are coloured. 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