polychrome

From poly- +‎ -chrome.

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polychrome (not comparable)

1. Using multiple or many colours.

   Synonyms: polychromatic; multicolor, multicoloured; motley, variegated

   Coordinate terms: (0) achromatic, colorless; (1) monochrome, monochromatic, monotone, unicolor; (2) bichrome, bichromatic, dichromatic, duotone, bicolor; (3) trichrome, trichromatic, tritone, tricolor; (few or several) oligochrome, oligochromatic

   • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 52:

     A polychrome two-handled jar with red and white streaks on a dark ground.

2. Executed in the manner of polychromy.

   polychrome printing

polychrome (countable and uncountable, plural polychromes)

1. (countable) A piece of multicolored pottery.
   • 1988, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Gordon Randolph Willey, The Southeast Classic Maya Zone: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks..., page 324:

     Maya influence is particularly noticeable in the decorative elements depicted on Ulua polychromes and the development of complex syntactic rules governing the organization of decorative motifs into an integrated stylistic design.

2. (chemistry, uncountable) esculin (so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions)

polychrome (third-person singular simple present polychromes, present participle polychroming, simple past and past participle polychromed)

1. To paint or dye with multiple colours.
2. To divide (a dye etc.) into multiple colours.

• “polychrome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.kʁom/

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polychrome (plural polychromes)

1. polychrome
2. multicoloured

   Synonym: multicolore

   Antonym: monochrome

   Hyponyms: bichrome, quadrichrome, trichrome

polychrome

1. inflection of polychromer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “polychrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.