polychromatic.

1. Showing several different colors.

2. Made up of light with several different wavelengths.

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Words that belong together

• polychromatic decoration
• a polychromatic surface

On the page

The polychromatic tiles brightened the otherwise austere entrance.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.