color bar

A form of colour bar — The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.

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Meanings

nouncolor bar (plural color bars)

plural color bars

  1. USstandardUS standard spelling of colour bar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

Similar
colour barcolor linecolour lineJim Crow
Broader
ideological barrier
Also see
color linecolour barjim crow

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

color bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20bar

MLA

“color bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20bar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “color bar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20bar.

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