parti-colored

Patchwork of colors

Parti-colored means having two or more distinct colors in patches or sections: a parti-colored clown costume, the parti-colored coat of a harlequin Great Dane.

The parti- comes from an old word meaning divided.

Also spelled party-colored or particolored.

mottled

dappled

Marked with spots

marbled · streaked · brindled · flecked · spotted · pinto · merle · tortoiseshell · grizzled · stippled

patterned

harlequin

Masked comic servant character

striped · banded · tessellated · pied · calico · tricolor · tabby · argyle · gingham · checked

patchwork

motley

Varied, incongruous mixture

  • mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
  • quiltStuffed, stitched bed covering
  • collageAssembled mixed-media artwork

medley · melange · hodgepodge · pieced · appliqued · segmented · composite · assembled · multipart

kaleidoscopic

prismatic

Light-dispersing, multicolored

psychedelic · holographic · rainbow · spectral · refracted · shimmering · lustrous · scintillating · glimmering · pearlescent

Categories
Opposites
color uniformity

parti-coloredsolid

Firm matter state

monochrome · monochromatic · unicolored · uniform · plain

visual pattern complexity

parti-coloredplain

Basic and unremarkable

unadorned · unpatterned · simple · undecorated · unmarked

Family

particolored

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G