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colorific painting

colorific painting

5.1
A painting made with bright, strong colors that looks lively
  • noun
  • /ˌkʌləˈrɪfɪk ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : pintura colorida
  • Every colorific painting in the exhibit seemed to radiate energy and life.

Examples

  • The museum featured a colorific painting that attracted visitors with its intense hues.

  • The gallery features a stunning colorific painting by Van Gogh.

  • She became known for her signature style, producing one colorific painting after another.

  • I love this colorific painting!

  • Every colorific painting in the exhibit seemed to radiate energy and life.

  • The museum featured a colorific painting that attracted visitors with its intense hues.

  • She became known for her signature style, producing one colorific painting after another.

Synonyms

colorful mural
vscolorific painting
  • US
1 3.2

A large painted picture on a wall with many bright colors

is a work not confined to walls or large format
fantasia of color
vscolorific painting
8.0

A bright, imaginative show of many strong colors

is a colorful artwork focused on vivid hues rather than spectacle

Antonyms

dull
31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

drab
3 5.3

Having a light brownish green color often used for cloth and uniforms

How Colorful

vivid
23 3.0
colorific painting
  • US
5.1
muted
10 4.2

Surface Forms

colorific painting singular
colorific paintings plural

Morphology

colorific + painting

The modifier 'colorific' is not a standard dictionary word; although its root 'color' points to hues and 'painting' is fully transparent, the nonce suffix '-ific' is not a familiar productive morpheme for a B1 learner. A learner might infer 'very colorful painting' from the root and context, but the nonstandard formation makes the overall phrase only partially predictable.

Etymology

Colorific painting comes from combining color with a playful ending -ific, like in 'terrific', to make a new word that means 'full of color'. Artists used it for pictures that seem to burst with bright colors, so today it means 'vibrant and full of color'.