polychrome
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- noun
- /ˈpɑːlɪˌkroʊm/
- Specialized
:
policromo
- Through polychrome decoration, the artist delineated facial tattoos, clothing, jewelry, and symbolic designs.
- polychrome mask
- polychrome pottery
- polychrome sculpture
Examples
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Only a few examples of such polychrome, drum-bearing figures from the Loango Coast have survived in ethnographic collections.
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My father was a member of the Artisan's Guild that did all the polychrome, gilding, and upkeep on the Michigan Theater.
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Several matrices of white marble originally contained polychrome inlay.
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There were many painted plaster polychrome saints with coins piled before them.
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These objects are part of a small corpus of polychrome Ogboni carvings to be examined here.
Academic text (2002) -
The observant may notice that a sensuous polychrome sculpture of a white ballet dancer in the same display is also by Mukhuba.
Academic text (1994) -
The popularity of polychrome decoration, the figure style, and the costume combine to support an early tenth-century date for the Eudokia plaque.
Academic text (1997) -
At Ocotelulco, Tlaxcala, Jose Eduardo Contreras Martinez recovered a remarkable Late Postclassic polychrome wall painting.
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Thereafter, Hopi potters turned out Franciscan mission period San Bernardo Polychrome instead of Sikyatki Polychrome and Jeddito black-on-yellow vessels.
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The museum displayed a stunning polychrome statue, showcasing a vibrant array of colors.
Synonyms
A painting made with bright, strong colors that looks lively
Antonyms
How Colorful
Surface Forms
Morphology
polychrome = polychrome (semi-transparent) = poly + chrom
The noun is a substantivized use of the adjective 'polychrome', so the derivation is straightforward but still somewhat learned.
Etymology
Polychrome comes from Greek parts poly- 'many' and -chrome 'color', so a polychrome is a work of art that is 'many-colored' and made to show many colors.