It is Spanish for "reddish colored", "ruby" or "red"
color red
"Colorado" is a Spanish word meaning "colored."==> Actually, "colorado" means "red"; "teñido" means "colored."
Denver, Colorado
The Colorado river. Colorado means "Red" in Spanish. The name was originally applied to the Colorado River, whose waters are Reddish with canyon clay.
Colorado is the state whose name is derived from the Spanish word meaning colored.
It is more common to hear the masculine form "colorado". It means "red". Colorada would be seen as an adjective modifying a feminine subject. Example: "Esta es una falda colorada". The ohter word for red, "rojo/roja" is much more common.
In the spanish language the word Colorado refers to the color red.
Colorado is the Spanish word for red.
Because of the Colorado river, which was named by the spanish, meaning 'red'. Also, because Colorado means color red.
In Spanish,"colorado" is one word for the color "red".
The Spanish word "Colorado" means "red" or "colored" in English.
Colorado is originally a Spanish word. So, that's how to spell it.