mul ‧ ti ‧ col ‧ oured BrE AmE British English , multicolored American English /ˈmʌltiˌkʌləd $ -ərd/ adjective
[ Word Family: noun : COLOUR/COLOR , COLOURING/COLORING , ↑ coloration , COLOURANT/COLORANT , COLOURIST/COLORIST ; adjective : COLOURED/COLORED , discoloured/discolored, COLOURFUL/COLORFUL ≠ COLOURLESS/COLORLESS , ↑ multicoloured , COLOUR/COLOR ; verb : COLOUR/COLOR ; adverb : COLOURFULLY/COLORFULLY ≠ COLOURLESSLY/COLORLESSLY ]
having many different colours:
a multicoloured sweatshirt
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THESAURUS
■ bright colours
▪ bright used about a colour that is strong and easy to see:
The front door was painted bright red.
▪ brilliant/vivid used about a colour that is very bright:
I looked out at the brilliant blue sky.
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vivid red flowers
▪ colourful British English , colorful American English used about things that have many different bright colours:
There were window boxes full of colourful flowers.
▪ multicoloured British English , multicolored American English used about things that have a pattern of many different bright colours:
A multicoloured flag waved in the midday sun.
▪ gaudy/garish too brightly coloured, in a way that is unattractive:
The wallpaper was much too gaudy for me.
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a garish orange tie