Antonyms for COLORFUL
ˈkʌl ər fəlcol·or·ful

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1. colorful, colourfuladjective

   having striking color

   "colorful autumn leaves"

   Antonyms:
   washed-out, etiolate, whitened, pastelike, dulled, blanched, pallid, somber, waxlike, colourless, pale, waxen, waxy, sober, faded, etiolated, sombre, colorless, livid, bloodless, lurid, ashen, prefaded, pasty, washy, wan, drab, bleached, greyed, white, neutral

   Synonyms:
   coloured, colorful, colourful

2. colorful, colourfuladjective

   striking in variety and interest

   "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

   Antonyms:
   neutral, colorless, waxlike, sober, greyed, ashen, somber, waxy, etiolated, bleached, drab, white, pallid, washed-out, waxen, pale, lurid, washy, bloodless, whitened, colourless, dulled, pasty, wan, blanched, pastelike, faded, livid, etiolate, sombre, prefaded

   Synonyms:
   coloured, colorful, colourful

3. colored, coloured, colorfuladjective

   having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

   "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

   Antonyms:
   pallid, blanched, white, wan, waxy, ashen, lurid, colourless, pasty, prefaded, somber, bleached, waxen, etiolate, pastelike, sombre, pale, whitened, colorless, livid, washy, drab, faded, greyed, sober, etiolated, dulled, waxlike, neutral, bloodless, washed-out

   Synonyms:
   slanted, dark, biased, colourful, bleached, colorful, dyed, non-white, one-sided, coloured, dark-skinned

How to use COLORFUL in a sentence?

1. Activist Nataliya Gryaznyevich:

   Nemtsov was a very colorful political figure.

2. Wesley D'Amico:

   Imagination transforms the black and white photo into a colorful keepsake.

3. Walter Raleigh:

   No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women.

4. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   The German language is more precise, but Russian is more versatile, colorful.

5. Wes Gordon:

   This season my vision was to really focus on the idea of a grand gesture, of the drama of a disciplined exuberance, adding in that discipline. And, whether it's the sleeve or an embroidery or the color, finding out that one thing that's at the heart of the piece, and letting that shine, going all in for it, the Carolina Herrera woman is bold, she's colorful, she's the center of the party, she's never looking for a wardrobe to disappear or blend in. I often say that, on a rainy gray day such as today, when everyone on the sidewalk will be in a black coat, the Carolina Herrera woman is in hot pink.

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