multi-coloured
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having many different colors; consisting of several colors or shades. It describes something that is not of a single, uniform color but is marked with various colors, often in a pattern or patches.
Usage
- The adjective "multi-coloured" is used to describe objects, animals, or scenes that display a variety of colors. It is typically placed before a noun (attributive use) but can also follow a linking verb (predicative use).
- Attributive use:
- Predicative use:
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "multi-coloured" as a descriptive term in art and design: Often used to describe patterns, textiles, or lighting.
- The artist is known for her multi-coloured abstract paintings.
- Used figuratively to describe something with diverse elements or characteristics.
- The festival was a multi-coloured tapestry of cultures and traditions.
Variants and Related Words
- Multicoloured (Adjective): The more common spelling, identical in meaning to "multi-coloured".
- Multicolored (Adjective): The American English spelling.
- Multicolor (Adjective): Used chiefly in attributive position (e.g., ).
- Particoloured (Adjective): Coloured with different tints, especially in patches; variegated.
- Variegated (Adjective): Exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks.
- Piebald (Adjective): (Especially of a horse) having irregular patches of two colours, typically black and white.
- Motley (Adjective): Incongruously varied in appearance or character; diversified in colour.
Synonyms
- Many-coloured
- Polychrome
- Rainbow
- Varicoloured
- Kaleidoscopic
Antonyms
- Monochrome
- Solid-coloured
- Uniform
- Plain
Related Phrases and Compounds
- Multi-coloured lights: Lights that change or display multiple colors.
- Multi-coloured pattern: A design incorporating several colors.
Adjective
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies