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colourful

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colourful or US colorful
Adjective
1. with bright or richly varied colours
2. vivid or distinctive in character
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.colourful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"
colorful
colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"
2.colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"
colorful
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
colourful
adjective 1. bright, rich, brilliant, intense, vivid, vibrant, psychedelic, motley, variegated, jazzy (informal) multicoloured, Day-glo ™ kaleidoscopic << OPPOSITE drab
adjective 2. interesting, rich, unusual, stimulating, graphic, lively, distinctive, vivid, picturesque, characterful << OPPOSITE boring
Translations
colourful (US), colorful [ˈkʌləful] colour adj → coloré(e) → vif(vive); [personality] → pittoresque, haut(e) en couleurs
colourful [ˈkʌləful] colour adj → bunt;
(account, story) → farbig, anschaulich;
(personality) → schillernd
colourful, colorful [ˈkʌləful] adj → pieno/a di colore, a vivaci colori; [personality] → colorato/a


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