The difference between Colorful and Polychromatic

When used as adjectives, colorful means possessing prominent and varied colors, whereas polychromatic means showing a variety, or a change, of colours.


check bellow for the other definitions of Colorful and Polychromatic

  1. Colorful as an adjective:

    Possessing prominent and varied colors.

  2. Colorful as an adjective:

    Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.

  3. Colorful as an adjective (euphemistic):

    Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

  1. Polychromatic as an adjective:

    Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured.

  2. Polychromatic as an adjective (physics, of electromagnetic radiation):

    Composed of more than one wavelength.