tricoloured

Having three colors

Having three colours, typically in bands or sections.

The word usually describes flags—the French tricolour, the Italian tricolour—but applies to anything displaying three distinct colours: a tricoloured ribbon, the tricoloured coat of a calico cat.

Also spelled tricolored.

flag

banner

Displayed strip with message

Ireland · Italy · France · India · Mexico · Hungary · Romania · Belgium · stripes · vertical

heraldry

escutcheon

Shield bearing heraldry

azure · vert · field · charge · division · quartering · mantling · blazon · fess · pale

animal

heron

Long-legged waterside bird

  • catSmall furry housepet
  • batFlying mammal or sports club
  • collieScottish herding breed

calico · markings · plumage · coat · piebald · patterned · species · breeding · fur · feathers

design

striped

Having contrasting bands

palette · scheme · graphic · logo · branding · contrast · coordination · primary · secondary · pattern

Opposites
number of colours

tricolouredmonochrome

Single-color rendering

monochromatic · plain · bicoloured · multicoloured · black-and-white

Family

tricolour, tricolours

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G