as in colored
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
polychrome pottery featuring designs from the American Southwest
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Recent Examples of polychrome
Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 June 2025
Coat of black silk satin brocaded with polychrome silk thread in a pattern of tulips; belt of black silk satin; blouse of white silk-cotton batiste; skirt of beige cotton-linen twill.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 28 June 2024
In the artist Eddie Martinez’s dense, polychrome paintings, each mark is haunted by the gesture that made it and each color seems to demand its own verb: The thick gray drips; a bright red streak declares; a daub of blue hesitates.
—Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
The polychrome theme continues indoors in kaleidoscopic floor patterns, a wall tiled with the colors of every Latin American flag, and an immense mural by Aurelio del Muro and Marta Blair.
—Wes Tarca, Curbed, 12 Jan. 2023
Hudson’s Birdie shows up with suitcases full of rich-hippie clothes, including a mesmerizing polychrome swirl of a dress that nearly hypnotizes the other guests into a stupor.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
The study focuses on the polychrome pottery of the late classic Mayan period (600–900 CE), which frequently depicts palace scenes, ball games, hunting parties, and dances associated with human sacrifice (via decapitation).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022
La Grande Dame is made of carved and polychrome wood that has been painted with imagery alluding to a rich tapestry of cultural references, including ancient folklore, witchcraft, and an Egyptian creation myth.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Its chandeliers are made of handblown Murano glass, its bathrooms of polychrome Italian marble.
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During this time, monarchs cluster together in packed colonies for warmth—in a good year, thousands of monarchs might rest on a single tree, creating a kaleidoscope of brilliantly colored wings.—
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Remember, a hard freeze will still damage them, turning them mushy and off-colored.—
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McQueen’s work asks us to confront the ways that awe at beauty can be marbled with disgust.—
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The marbling method, a simple smoosh, pinch, and roll, creates bakery-worthy swirls in every cookie.—
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Eating a variety of colorful fruits provides essential vitamins that help immune cells develop, communicate, and respond effectively.—
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When the colorful bracts on poinsettia plants fade, prune them away by cutting the bare stems at a leaf node.—
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Shiny and dark evergreen foliage is held aloft on strong, arching stems mottled with purple flecks.—
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The Illinois skies are mottled.—
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Those funders’ business models varied.—
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Experts say beef tallow isn’t heart-healthy, but using it sometimes can fit into a balanced, varied diet.—
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The institutions studied by political scientists do not exist outside ideology but are simply patterned instances of ideology—and if ideology changes drastically enough, the institutions change with it.—
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The Committee of 56 took its numbering and inspiration from the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence and patterned the prose after Thomas Jefferson’s rhetoric in the original.—
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Adept anglers can fly-fish for them across the varied terrain of the property’s creeks or patrol the marshy perimeters its six Class A lakes for the coveted catch, as well as fellow trout—namely rainbow, brown, and brook–that often exceed 20 inches.—
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Suspended from the fashionable wooden arch are a teething ring, crinkly rainbow, rattle, mirror, and plush moon to promote hand-eye coordination.—
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Poulin ran her points streak to a career-high five games.—
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But meteors can streak from any direction at any time between midnight and dawn.—
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“Polychrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polychrome. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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