parti-color
adjective
par·ti-col·or
ˈpär-tē-ˌkə-lər 
variants
or parti-colored
: showing different colors or tints
especially
: having a predominant color broken by patches of one or more other colors
a parti-color cocker spaniel
parti-color
noun
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Nilsson’s version shares little with its source beyond Adam and Eve themselves, here recast as doughy, beigy silhouettes striking poses amid an almost psychedelic soup of parti-color fronds, blobs, and amoebas.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
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“Parti-color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parti-color. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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