colorful

[ kuhl-er-fuhl ]

/ ˈkʌl ər fəl /

abounding in color: In their tartans, the Scots guard made a colorful array.

richly eventful or picturesque: a colorful historical period.

presenting or suggesting vivid or striking scenes: a colorful narrative.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1885–90; color + -ful

SYNONYMS FOR colorful

Related formscol·or·ful·ly, adverbcol·or·ful·ness, nounun·col·or·ful, adjective

This collection features 100 fun, colorful, and sometimes delightfully irreverent messages designed by Friends with Type.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Taylor Swift in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sure, there are some colorful English aristocrats still around, but is the age of the delightfully nutty toff at an end?
The Death of the English Eccentric|Tom Sykes|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Masters employed a colorful cast of characters off the air as well.
The Godfather of Right-Wing Radio|Caitlin Dickson|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Men cross the river at shallow points with herds of animals while women tend the fields in colorful dresses.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I was looking for characters, originals, people who could articulate what they were doing in colorful ways.
The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was all a far cry from the towering cliffs and colorful cañons of Colorado.
A Daughter of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland
He also intended getting plenty of underwater movies of the colorful reefs and fish.
The Wailing Octopus|Harold Leland Goodwin
Colorful surroundings are more necessary to the Thoracic than to other types.
How to Analyze People on Sight|Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
His colorful costume had given way to European clothes, except for a tarboosh.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
The sun had ripped away the mists that, in the mountains, always hang damp and veillike between gray dawning and colorful day.
The Law of Hemlock Mountain|Hugh Lundsford