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# colourful

adjective (colourful, more colourful, most colourful; US colorful)

«colourful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Colourful means having many bright colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#m1)
2. Colourful means interesting, lively and exciting, like a colourful character or story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#m2)

### In the lessons

In art lessons pupils make colourful pictures; in nature, parrots, flowers and coral reefs are colourful. In writing, a colourful description is vivid. Phrases: bright and colourful, a colourful character.

### Examples

- The parrot has colourful feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x1)
- We painted a colourful rainbow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x2)
- The market was busy and colourful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x3)
- Coral reefs are full of colourful fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x4)
- Her room is very colourful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x5)
- Grandpa is a colourful character who tells funny stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x6)
- Some colourful animals use bright colours to warn they are poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: colourful in UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, Canada (usually); colorful in the USA. Ending: -ful with one l. Opposite: colourless, dull. In nature, bright colours can be a warning sign, so don't touch colourful frogs or caterpillars.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «colourful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colourful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«colourful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/colourful.html) on Mova free.