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multiple colors; polychrome; multicolored
Having or using many colors. Used as a modifier to describe printing, dyeing, art, and design that involves more than one or two colors.
多色刷りのポスターを作った。
I made a multicolor-printed poster.
この花瓶は多色の釉薬が美しい。
The multicolored glaze on this vase is beautiful.
多色ボールペンは一本で何色も使えるので便利だ。
A multicolor ballpoint pen is convenient because you can use several colors with one pen.
Composed of 多 (many) and 色 (color). Primarily used as a modifier before nouns with の, or in compound words. Common in printing, art, and product descriptions. The 多+noun pattern is productive in Japanese (多目的, 多方面, etc.).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 多色刷り: multicolor printing
- 多色ボールペン: multicolor ballpoint pen
- 多色印刷: polychrome printing
- 多色のデザイン: multicolored design
SIMILAR WORDS:
- カラフル: colorful — a loanword with a more casual, everyday feel
- 極彩色: richly colored, vivid coloring — implies brilliant, splendid use of many colors
- 単色: monochrome, single color — the opposite of 多色