parti-colored

[ pahr-tee-kuhl-erd ]

/ ˈpɑr tiˌkʌl ərd /

having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.

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1525–35; parti variegated < Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party

The large dining room—a stall, manger, as a friend of mine called it—is filled with small tables covered with particolored cloths.
The Civil War in America|William Howard Russell
He was dressed in a dark cerise tunic with particolored hose and forest-green boots with pointed toes.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel|Robert Shea
Particolored: partly of one, partly of another color: divided into two or more color fields.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith
"I'll give it honestly," was all Rose had time to say before Charlie swept her away into the particolored cloud before them.
Rose in Bloom|Louisa May Alcott

Two endless streams of people moved, particolored, in opposite directions along the narrow street.
Narcissus|Evelyn Scott