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KUL-uh-fl/ˈkʌləfl/

Colourful means full of bright colours: a colourful dress, colourful streets, a colourful story (full of interesting detail). Colour is the noun (British spelling); colorful is American. Bright is about strong light or one strong colour; colourful often means many colours together. Dull is a useful opposite for clothes or pictures.

Meaning

Having many bright colours.

Examples

• “The market was full of colourful fruit.”
• “The festival was noisy and colourful.”
• “She painted a colourful poster for the school fair.”

Good to know

British: colourful. American: colorful. Noun: colour. Opposite (pictures): dull.

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