Definition: having striking color
Usage: colorful autumn leaves
Similar words: ablaze
Definition: resembling flame in brilliance or color
Usage: maple trees ablaze in autumn
Similar words: bright, brilliant, vivid
Definition: having striking color
Usage: bright dress; brilliant tapestries; a bird with vivid plumage
Similar words: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot
Definition: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Usage: changeable taffeta; chatoyant (or shot) silk; a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent
Definition: strong; intense
Usage: deep purple; a rich red
Similar words: fluorescent
Definition: brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
Usage: fluorescent colors
Similar words: prismatic
Definition: exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism
Usage: prismatic light
Similar words: psychedelic
Definition: having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
Usage: a psychedelic painting
Similar words: shrill
Definition: of colors that are bright and gaudy
Usage: a shrill turquoise
Similar words: vibrant
Definition: of colors that are bright and striking
Definition: striking in variety and interest
Usage: a colorful period of history; a colorful character; colorful language
Similar words: brave, braw, gay
Definition: brightly colored and showy
Usage: girls decked out in brave new dresses; brave banners flying; `braw' is a Scottish word; a dress a bit too gay for her years; birds with gay plumage
Similar words: gaudy, flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty
Definition: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Similar words: many-sided
Definition: full of variety or interest
Usage: a many-sided personality
Similar words: noisy
Definition: attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
Usage: a noisy sweater
Similar words: picturesque
Definition: strikingly expressive
Usage: a picturesque description of the rainforest