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

Synonyms

• chromatic
• colored
• colorful
• kaleidoscopic
• motley
• multihued
• polychromatic
• polychrome
• prismatic
• rainbow
• varicolored
• varied
• variegated
• various

Examples of multicolored in a Sentence

displays of multicolored pottery from her native Mexico

Recent Examples on the Web

While out in Southport on Oct. 10, Princess Kate stacked the same multicolored eternity ring with what looked like her Welsh gold wedding band, her white gold and diamond Annoushka ring and what appears to be a second new diamond band. —Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024

Related Articles Begum’s multicolored modular sculptures are dotted along the hotel’s garden space, redesigned by Pulitzer Amsterdam’s creative director, Jacu Strauss, and Dutch landscape architect Copijn in 2016. —Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025

The first thing that may have caught your attention about today’s deal was was the bright, multicolored keyboard. —Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025

Combining the different views allows astronomers to create a multicolored image of the gas, dust and stars. —Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multicolored

• colored
• coloured
• discolored
• uncolored

Kids Definition

multicolored

adjective

mul·​ti·​col·​ored

ˌməl-ti-ˈkəl-ərd

: having, made up of, or including many colors