colorful

Adjective

colorful (comparative more colorful, superlative most colorful)

1. (US) Possessing prominent and varied colors.
   • a colourful display of flowers
   • It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens

   Synonyms:

   motley

2. (US) Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
   • He had a colourful career in the music industry.
   • One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.1895, H. Walter Staner, Henry Sturmey, The Autocar
3. (US, euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
   • Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.2002 July 14, “Did Hussain go too far?”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2019