Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly: Describes something that is marked with multiple distinct colors, often in a vivid or noticeable pattern.
   • Having a variety of colors: More generally, describes something that displays a diverse range of colors.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The varicoloured parrot had feathers of blue, red, and yellow.
  • She wore a beautiful, varicoloured scarf that caught everyone's eye.
  • The garden was a varicoloured tapestry of flowers in bloom.

Advanced Usage

• "Varicoloured" is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a vivid, picturesque image. It is more common in British English; the American English spelling is typically "varicolored."
  • The artist's palette was a varicoloured mess of paints.
  • The landscape below was a varicoloured patchwork of fields and forests.

Variants and Related Words

• Varicolored (adj): The standard American English spelling of "varicoloured."
• Multicoloured (adj): Having many colors; similar in meaning but often implies a more mixed or blended array.
• Particoloured (adj): Having different colors in different parts; patterned with two or more colors.
• Motley (adj): Made up of many different elements, often clashing, especially in color or composition.
• Piebald (adj): Having irregular patches of two colors, typically black and white (used especially for animals).
• Pied (adj): Having two or more different colors, especially in blotches.

Synonyms

• Multicolored
• Polychromatic
• Rainbow
• Kaleidoscopic
• Prismatic

Antonyms

• Monochrome
• Solid-colored
• Uniform
• Homogeneous

Related Phrases and Idioms

• A riot of color: An idiom describing a very bright and varied mixture of colors, similar in effect to "varicoloured."
  • The market stalls were a riot of color, selling varicoloured fabrics and spices.

Adjective

1. 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
2. having a variety of colors