multicolored
adjective
mul·ti·col·ored
ˌməl-tē-ˈkə-lərd 
-ˌtī-
: having more than two colors : multicolor sense 1
With a single stroke the octopus glommed onto a multicolored rock and immediately assumed that rock's coloring—shades of reds, browns and yellows.—
E. M. Swift
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This Cyber Monday, try on Marni’s multicolored mohair version.
—Porter Simmons, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
Here’s a clue, NBA: These busy, bright, multicolored courts distract the eye like crazy and destroy for the viewers a very visual game.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The multicolored, lightweight tubes can be pulled and twisted in all kinds of shapes and expanded or contracted thanks to the accordion material.
—Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
And in 1991, Linda Evangelista strutted down the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier in a red dress, tights, and shoes, with a multicolored coat.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
One more features the parents inside leaning over Riot who is laying on a multicolored blanket.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
The leaves are becoming more multicolored as October approaches.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
The sea of black T-shirts on the pitch became a field of multicolored ponchos, and raindrops were bouncing visibly off the surface of the stage.
—Dan Brooks, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
Beyond the multicolored shops, red brick streets packed with performers, and quays filled with sailboats that draw visitors to the town of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland, is a memorial to a tragedy that occurred an ocean away.
—Claire Fahy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
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Porter Simmons, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
Here’s a clue, NBA: These busy, bright, multicolored courts distract the eye like crazy and destroy for the viewers a very visual game.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The multicolored, lightweight tubes can be pulled and twisted in all kinds of shapes and expanded or contracted thanks to the accordion material.
—Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
And in 1991, Linda Evangelista strutted down the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier in a red dress, tights, and shoes, with a multicolored coat.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
One more features the parents inside leaning over Riot who is laying on a multicolored blanket.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
The leaves are becoming more multicolored as October approaches.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
The sea of black T-shirts on the pitch became a field of multicolored ponchos, and raindrops were bouncing visibly off the surface of the stage.
—Dan Brooks, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
Beyond the multicolored shops, red brick streets packed with performers, and quays filled with sailboats that draw visitors to the town of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland, is a memorial to a tragedy that occurred an ocean away.
—Claire Fahy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1837, in the meaning defined above
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mul·ti·col·ored
ˌməl-ti-ˈkəl-ərd
: having, made up of, or including many colors
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