Meanings
plural color lines
- Synonym of colour bar.
Antimiscegenation laws were directed primarily at people of color and at low-status, disreputable whites, the poor white trash who refused to uphold the color line.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 82Synonyms: colour bar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of colour bar.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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color line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20line
“color line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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