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Synonyms & Antonyms of colorful
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
- the colorful robes and blankets of the Native Americans of the Southwest
Synonyms for colorful
Words Related to colorful
- dappled
- (also dapple),
- marbled,
- mottled,
- parti-color
- (or parti-colored),
- piebald,
- pied,
- pinto
- bichrome,
- bicolored
- (or bicolor),
- dichromatic,
- trichromatic,
- tricolor
- (or tricolored),
- two-tone,
- two-toned
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The first known use of colorful was in 1848
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