vivid
- adjective
- /ˈvɪvɪd/
- It's possible that insects may have been attracted to the vivid pigments, just as they are to flowers.
- vivid colors
- vivid red
- vivid yellow
Spatially, it's really rich, vivid colors.
- Spatially, it's really rich, vivid colors.
- This can range anywhere from just a a brownish green all the way up to a vivid fluorescent lime green.
- And what are these vivid brights cream colours?
- Well, I was see you said purple and I thought purple vivid purple, true, real vivid.
- But it's got a non vivid mode, which I really appreciate seeing.
- This is Maybelline vivid hot lacquer in the shade Charmer.
- It's going to be really, really crisp and vivid and intense.
- They have a new vivid hot lacquer, new eyeshadow palettes.
Examples
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There were houses with acres of vivid wall paintings.
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The jackets of police officers lining the streets added vivid bursts of yellow.
Academic text (2011) -
Oh, my God, it's so bright and vivid.
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And I think this click demonstration is the most vivid of the three.
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It's clean and vivid and bold.
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The color on the panels is still vivid and comes as a shock after the dull desert outside.
Academic text (2006) -
Many of them conjured up immediate, vivid memories of the happier years of their marriage.
Fiction book (1995) -
Buffalo Tiger recalled the Havana visit in vivid detail during recent interviews with me.
Academic text (2000) -
Visitors are drawn to the vivid Yoruba beadwork displayed in this introductory.
Academic text (2006) -
The sunset over the ocean was a vivid display of orange and pink.
Synonyms
Having a strong, vivid color that is easy to notice
Full of interesting stories and lively events
Deep and full in color or sound
Full of bright, strong colors that attract attention
A strong bright color that looks vivid
A thing that has strong, vivid colors
Very bright and strong in color
Bright and beautiful in a way that looks impressive
Full of strong feeling or passion
So bright that it is hard to see
A very bright light that hurts your eyes
Having very bright, rich colors like old color films
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A clear, colorful description in words that makes you imagine the scene
How Vivid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vivid comes from the Latin vivere 'to live' and the root viv- meaning 'life', the same root you see in revive and survive. So a vivid color looks full of life, very bright, and easy to notice.