colourful
/ (ˈkʌləfʊl) /
having intense colour or richly varied colours
vivid, rich, or distinctive in character
Derived forms of colourful
- colourfully, adverb
- colourfulness, noun
Words Nearby colourful
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How to use colourful in a sentence
It was daring, sculptural, colourful and free – and like nothing else that had gone before.
What is the point of this thick, colourful book, except as a sort of cultural tea bag for the American market?
Pippa Middleton Book is a "Cultural Tea Bag", says Telegraph's Christopher Howse | Tom Sykes | November 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTArtists have colourful lives, and this fascinating biography reveals the interesting times of this most amusing painter.
Alexander McCall Smith’s Art Book Bag | Alexander McCall Smith | September 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAlmost the first thing which impressed us was the colourful quality of the winter landscape.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonIt is not hard to make for oneself a colourful picture of a typical Sunday congregation in these dead and gone days.
Greenwich Village | Anna Alice Chapin
The colourful and graphic pictures make these histories beloved by all children whether they read the text or not.
The Story of Mankind | Hendrik van LoonFew dare visit the colourful forest of evil or the treacherous river, for strange and unholy things dwell therein.
The Fantasy Fan, October 1933 | VariousIn the course of their career, few women could have cut a wider swath, or one more colourful and glamorous.
The Magnificent Montez | Horace Wyndham
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