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marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
polychrome pottery featuring designs from the American Southwest
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Recent Examples of polychrome
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
Now, L'Occitane amenities and Nason Moretti glassware share space with polychrome wood ceilings that have watched over this corner of old Hispalis for 500 years.
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Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
In Morrisania, Alexander Gorlin’s polychrome supportive-housing center, El Borinquen, exudes a salsa vibe in a Corbusian frame.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
Its chandeliers are made of handblown Murano glass, its bathrooms of polychrome Italian marble.
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Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
Coat of black silk satin brocaded with polychrome silk thread in a pattern of tulips; belt of black silk satin; blouse of white silk-cotton batiste; skirt of beige cotton-linen twill.
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Irene Kim,
Vogue,
28 June 2024
In the artist Eddie Martinez’s dense, polychrome paintings, each mark is haunted by the gesture that made it and each color seems to demand its own verb: The thick gray drips; a bright red streak declares; a daub of blue hesitates.
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Phoebe Chen,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2023
La Grande Dame is made of carved and polychrome wood that has been painted with imagery alluding to a rich tapestry of cultural references, including ancient folklore, witchcraft, and an Egyptian creation myth.
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Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
In the Italian capital, Bulgari restored the Spanish Steps, the polychrome floor mosaics of the Baths of Caracalla and the marbles of the Torlonia Collection.
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Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
Now, L'Occitane amenities and Nason Moretti glassware share space with polychrome wood ceilings that have watched over this corner of old Hispalis for 500 years.
—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
In Morrisania, Alexander Gorlin’s polychrome supportive-housing center, El Borinquen, exudes a salsa vibe in a Corbusian frame.
—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
Its chandeliers are made of handblown Murano glass, its bathrooms of polychrome Italian marble.
—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
Coat of black silk satin brocaded with polychrome silk thread in a pattern of tulips; belt of black silk satin; blouse of white silk-cotton batiste; skirt of beige cotton-linen twill.
—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
28 June 2024
In the artist Eddie Martinez’s dense, polychrome paintings, each mark is haunted by the gesture that made it and each color seems to demand its own verb: The thick gray drips; a bright red streak declares; a daub of blue hesitates.
—
Phoebe Chen,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2023
La Grande Dame is made of carved and polychrome wood that has been painted with imagery alluding to a rich tapestry of cultural references, including ancient folklore, witchcraft, and an Egyptian creation myth.
—
Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polychrome
Adjective
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Enjoy caramel-colored foliage in spring and fall and pink blooms throughout summer that attract pollinators.
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Squeezits No '90s lunch box felt complete without a brightly colored bottle of Squeezits.
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The 21st century has yielded no shortage of stylish horror marbled with devious veins of pitch-dark humor — Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, pretty much every Jordan Peele feature.
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Brisket is a tough, richly marbled cut that only turns tender after hours of low-and-slow cooking, when connective tissue breaks down and fat renders into the meat.
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Bringing new teenage characters into the Factory, with Kit Connor already announced as lead voice cast, the film appears to be a fast-paced, thrilling and colorful adventure for young audiences, and got enthusiastic feedback from Annecy’s crowds.
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Lasichanh sported colorful sneakers for her footwear, carried a small Louis Vuitton bag and wore delicate jewelry pieces to complete her casually bent attire.
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The mosquito, mottled in neon pink and purple, can be seen on a nearby computer screen.
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The sides may be mottled with brown blotches.
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The return on investment varied widely by major, from a high of $204,686 for engineering and architecture degrees to a low of $35,410 for liberal arts.
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Projections varied in the weeks leading up to the draft with no real consensus among draft analysts, but in the last 24 hours there were strong indications the Clippers would choose Wagler and the Nets would take Brown.
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Today, though, a growing number of online fabric retailers have made sourcing the right print or pattern a cinch.
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However, she's experimented with a rainbow of colors, ranging from whites and soft pinks to bold green and patterned blue ensembles.
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Players whose teams wore Pride Night caps had the option to wear their everyday, non-rainbow hats.
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The numbers on the backs of player jerseys were rainbow, and there were constantly pride/rainbow graphics popping up on the jumbotron.
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Remove brown, yellowing, streaked, and spotted leaves by cutting them off as close to the ground as possible.
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In the 54th minute, New Zealand fought to get the ball back at midfield and then Elijah Just streaked forward, playing a give-and-go with Chris Wood at the top of the 18-yard box.
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“Polychrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polychrome. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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