of color vs ruddy

of color

• Nonwhite; of a race other than white, for example black. 

• Belonging to a category of people with mixed black and white ancestry in the Americas in the 18th and early 19th centuries. 

ruddy

• Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky. 

• A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

• A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

• A ruddy duck. 

• A ruddy ground dove. 

• To make reddish in colour.