vivid color
Bold, striking shade
Vivid color refers to hues that are bright, intense, and highly saturated—colors that seem to leap off the surface rather than recede: The sunset blazed in vivid colors.
Vivid colors grab attention and create strong visual impact, in contrast to muted, pastel, or washed-out tones.
The phrase applies to anything from paintings to memories to dreams: I still remember the vivid colors of that marketplace.
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- boldCourageous and daring
- intenseExtreme in degree
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
neon · fluorescent · pigment · hue · striking · eye-catching · luminous · rich · deep · vibrant · electric · radiant · glowing · dazzling · technicolor · splash · pop · prismatic
- ExpressionismEdvard Munch, The Scream, Der Blaue Reiter, German Expressionism, woodcuts
- hair colorblonde, brunette, auburn, red, brown
- Pre-RaphaelitesRossetti, brotherhood, Ophelia, Waterhouse, William Morris
vivid colorfaded color
Hue that's lost intensity
muted tone · flat color · pastel · neutral tone · colorless
vivid, vividly, vividness, vivify, vivacious, vivacity, viva, vital, vitality