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to polychromize

to polychromize

9.9
To paint something in many different colors
  • verb
  • /ˌpɒlɪˈkroʊmaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : policromar
  • During restoration, they carefully polychromized the ceiling, matching the historic color palette.

Examples

  • The artisans expertly polychromized the columns to recreate the temple's original splendor.

  • Modern artists sometimes polychromize sculptures to give them a vibrant appearance.

  • The artist plans to polychromize the sculpture.

  • Can you polychromize this vase for me?

  • During restoration, they carefully polychromized the ceiling, matching the historic color palette.

  • Modern artists sometimes polychromize sculptures to give them a vibrant appearance.

  • The artisans expertly polychromized the columns to recreate the temple's original splendor.

Synonyms

to variegate
vsto polychromize
1 8.8

To make something more varied by adding different colours or marks

adds several colors specifically instead of creating general variety
to polychrome
vsto polychromize
8.3

To add many colors to something

is the same action but written or used in a different form
to parti-color
vsto polychromize
  • Archaic
9.6

To decorate something with patches of different colors

uses many colors as a general multicolored decoration rather than motley pattern

How Colorful

to polychromize
  • Specialized
9.9
to decorate
226 1.9
to color
  • US
228 1.0
to paint
854 1.0
to tint
24 3.6

Surface Forms

polychromize infinitive
polychromized past
polychromized past participle
polychromizing present participle
polychromizes third person singular

Morphology

polychromize = polychrome (transparent) = polychrome + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'polychrome', yielding 'to make many‑coloured', a directly derivable meaning.

Etymology

The word polychromize comes from poly- meaning 'many' and chroma meaning 'color', the same parts you find in monochrome ('one color'). So to polychromize something is to give it many colors or to paint it in several colors.