colorful

adj

1. (US)Possessing prominent and varied colors.

   “It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.”

   “[Sen. John Curtis] gives colorful socks to other lawmakers on their birthdays.”

   “Blue and gold macaws are not native to Caracas. But over the past two decades their numbers in Venezuela's capital have skyrocketed, with hundreds of these birds now flying freely across the city, and dazzling locals with their colorful feathers and peculiar calls.”

2. (US)Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.

   “One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.”

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

   “Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.”