polychromatic
[pol-ee-kroh-mat-ik, -kruh-]
adjective
having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
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checkered, dappled, kaleidoscopic, motley, mottled, multicolored, piebald, polychrome, polychromic, spotted, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, particolored, pied, prismatic
Also pol·y·chro·mic [pol-ee-kroh-mik] /ˌpɒl iˈkroʊ mɪk/.
Origin of polychromatic
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The adornment, plastic and polychromatic, is strictly structural.
Six Major ProphetsEdwin Emery Slosson
The pen of Joseph on such occasions was like his predecessor's coat, polychromatic.
The Woman-HaterCharles Reade
Bewitched as by the spinning of a polychromatic top, he could not leave the Island.
Sinister Street, vol. 2Compton Mackenzie
The arch spanned the blue sky, and on the dark mountains extended the polychromatic reflection.
The Prophet of the Great Smoky MountainsCharles Egbert Craddock
Hittorf was full of his rather excessive theories about the polychromatic architecture of the ancients.
IngresA. J. Finberg
polychromatic
polychromic (ˌpɒlɪˈkrəʊmɪk) or polychromous
adjective
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