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col·or·ful

(kŭl′ər-fəl)

adj.

1. Full of color; abounding in colors: colorful leaves in the fall.

2. Characterized by rich variety; vividly distinctive: colorful language.

col′or·ful·ly adv.

col′or·ful·ness n.

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col•or•ful

(ˈkʌl ər fəl)

adj.

1. abounding in color.

2. having vivid, striking, or spirited elements.

[1885–90]

col′or•ful•ly, adv.

col′or•ful•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	colorful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves" colourful chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	2.	colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language" colourful colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"
	3.	colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" coloured

colorful

adjective

1. Full of color:

bright, gay, rich, vivid.

2. Evoking strong mental images through distinctiveness:

picturesque, vivid.

Translations

لَوْنِيّ

barvitý

farverig

bunt

πολύχρωμος

vistoso lleno de color lleno de colorido

värikäs

coloré

šaren

színes

colorato pittoresco

色彩に富んだ

색채가 다양한

колоритный красочный яркий

pisanslikovit

färgrik

เต็มไปด้วยสีสัน

renkli

sặc sỡ

色彩鲜明的

colorful

→ لَوْنِيّ barvitý farverig bunt πολύχρωμος lleno de colorido värikäs coloré šaren colorato 色彩に富んだ 색채가 다양한 kleurrijk fargerik barwny colorido красочный färgrik เต็มไปด้วยสีสัน renkli sặc sỡ 色彩鲜明的

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They had not intended to spend the afternoon, but found themselves too fascinated to turn away from the breakers bursting upon the rocks and from the many kinds of colorful sea life starfish, crabs, mussels, sea anemones, and, once, in a rock-pool, a small devilfish that chilled their blood when it cast the hooded net of its body around the small crabs they tossed to it.

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