Definition of polychrome
:relating to, made with, or decorated in several colors
- polychrome pottery
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Examples of polychrome in a Sentence
polychrome pottery featuring designs from the American Southwest
Recent Examples of polychrome from the Web
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This week, workers finished installing glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly; red translucent spears, rippled purple windowpanes and swirled polychrome spheres are emerging from pools and waterfalls.
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Origin and Etymology of polychrome
Greek polychrōmos, from poly- + chrōma
polychrome Synonyms
Synonyms
chromatic, colored, kaleidoscopic, motley, multicolored, multihued, polychromatic, colorful, prismatic, rainbow, varicolored, varied, variegated, variousAntonyms
colorless; monochromatic, monochromic, monotone, self-colored, solidRelated Words
iridescent, opalescent; brave, bright, brilliant, gay, vibrant; flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, showy, splashy; checkered, dotted, patterned, plaid, plaided, striped; dappled (also dapple), marbled, mottled, parti-color (or parti-colored), piebald, pied, pinto; flecked, specked, speckled, spotted; banded, barred, brindled (or brindle), streaked, striated; bichrome, bicolored (or bicolor), dichromatic, trichromatic, tricolor (or tricolored), two-tone, two-tonedNear Antonyms
achromatic; bleached, decolorized, faded, washed-out; dull, faint, gray (also grey), neutral, pale, pallid, unbrilliantLearn More about polychrome
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