polychrome

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pol=y=chrome

CIDE DICTIONARY

polychrome, n. [Poly- + Gr. color.].

 Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.  [1913 Webster]

polychrome, a. [Cf. F. polychrome.].

 Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

polychrome, adj. & n.
--adj. painted, printed, or decorated in many colours.
--n.
1 a work of art in several colours, esp. a coloured statue.
2 varied colouring.

Derivative

polychromic adj. polychromous adj.

Etymology

F f. Gk polukhromos as POLY-(1), khroma colour

THESAURUS

polychrome

bicolor, bicolored, colorful, colory, crazy, daedal, dichroism, dichromatic, dichromatism, discolor, divers-colored, freehand, graphic, harlequin, kaleidoscopic, many-colored, medley, monochrome, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous, multihued, painty, parti-color, parti-colored, pastose, photographic, pictorial, picturable, pictural, picturesque, polychromatic, polychromatism, polychromic, prismal, riot of colors, scenographic, scumbled, shot, shot through, spectral, thunder and lightning, trichroism, trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, two-tone, varicolored, variegated, variegation, versicolor, versicolored

ROGET THESAURUS

polychrome

Variegation

N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.

Painting

N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.