colourfulness

Richness of hue

Colourfulness is the quality of having vivid or varied colours.

A garden in full bloom has colourfulness; a grey winter sky does not.

The word extends to anything vibrant or varied: the colourfulness of her personality, the colourfulness of street life in Mumbai.

Also spelled colorfulness.

palette

hue

Color's specific character

tint · shade · tone · chroma · saturation · primary · secondary · tertiary · complementary · analogous

vibrancy

vividness

Intense clarity or lifelikeness

brilliance · saturation · contrast · psychedelic · fluorescent · electric · striking · eye-catching · kaleidoscopic · prismatic

festive

celebration

Festive event marking occasion

ornamentation · tinsel · streamers · confetti · balloons · garlands · bunting · costumes · parade · Holi

radiance

luminosity

Intrinsic brightness of source

  • glowSteady, soft light
  • shimmerTremulous, wavering light
  • shineEmit or reflect light

gleam · luster · iridescence · sparkle · glitter · sheen · opalescence · pearlescence · metallic · holographic

Opposites
chromatic presence

colourfulnesscolourlessness

Lack of any hue

monochrome · achromatism · greyscale · blackness · whiteness

vividness and interest

colourfulnessdullness

Lack of stimulation

blandness · drabness · colourlessness · monotony · dreariness

chromatic variety

colourfulnessmonochrome

Single-color rendering

colourlessness · grayscale · black-and-white · monotone · drabness

Family

colour, colours, discolor, coloured, coloration, colouring, colourful, colorist, colourfully

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