adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a colourful phrase (= interesting or rude )
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His conversation is full of colourful phrases.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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I look forward to your advice in due course and hopefully a more colourful life.
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Innumerable past accounts give a more colourful version of this fact.
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Certainly they are often far more colourful than their night-flying cousins.
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Think of that story getting passed down the generations, each time they handed it on it became more colourful and exaggerated.
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Without actually wrecking the trilogy, Foundation's Edge is vaguely anticlimactic. 010: Odyssey Two is more colourful .
most
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Generally active by day, wrasse are some of the most colourful and strikingly marked fish.
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The most colourful character amongst these was William Riley, who had a varied and successful operational career.
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Unfortunately they are not all able to survive in an aquarium and some of the most colourful varieties are the most delicate.
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They are two of the most colourful and exciting figures in the whole of medieval history.
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Mr Heseltine was one of the most colourful political figures of the past 30 years.
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Barry Wood reports Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals.
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Some of the most colourful butterflies never need to hide because they are poisonous.
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And millions of pounds are laid in bets over the three days of the most colourful event in the racing calendar.
■ NOUN
character
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The most colourful character amongst these was William Riley, who had a varied and successful operational career.
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The result has all the colourful character of other hand dragged kitchens, but with a very real and visible bonus.
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Mozart's librettist for Figaro was himself a controversial and colourful character .
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These fish have provided me with a tank full of hardy, clever, colourful characters that are easy to care.
garden
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The hotel's extensive grounds include colourful gardens , a small swimming pool, and a short tennis court.
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There is a small but colourful garden with a large patio.
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There is a large colourful garden .
history
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It has a rich and colourful history , which can still be traced in its fortifications, towers and old city gates.
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It is a town of simple charms and colourful history , where winding narrow streets and alleyways present surprises at every turn.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Coleman's colourful life is recorded in his autobiography Reflections of a Racing Driver.
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Riva is a welcoming town with a colourful history.
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That's a really colourful tie you're wearing.
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The garden was full of colourful and fascinating flowers.
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Throughout his life, O'Connor was a colourful and controversial character.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Comfortable, colourful and cluttered, everything in the house was used and enjoyed by the Berkeleys, their family and friends.
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Except in the colourful person of the legendary John Winchcombe, the Berkshire woollen industry had little in the way of glamour.
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In summer the gardens would have looked colourful and pretty but somehow in the depths of the Provençal winter they appeared melancholy.
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Textured seats and colourful woven floor matting add to the hot tropical ambiance.
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The marina is a colourful sight and has shops and restaurants.
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The Secrets of Santa is a magical, colourful book which all Brownies will love reading again and again.
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This month, you look set to be especially colourful if not spectacularly successful.