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UK
/pˌɒlɪkɹˈəʊm/
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[ US /ˈpɑˌɫiˌkɹoʊm/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑˌɫiˌkɹoʊm/ ]
VERB
- color with many colors; make polychrome
NOUN
- a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
ADJECTIVE
- having or exhibiting many colors
How To Use polychrome In A Sentence
- Similarly, it is typical for bodhisattva statues and those of deva or lesser deities to be polychromed.
- Now though, in its restored polychrome of ochres, greens and blues, it harmonises perfectly with the building's essentially Italianate feel.
- This piece also reflects the fact that colors and surfaces change over time, so that monochromes frequently evolve into polychromes, or lose their original texture, hue or intensity.
- In 1911 he met Braque, and between 1914 and 1915 he produced the Constructions series, polychromed wood and plaster sculptures with an emphatic frontality, which investigated juxtapositions of volume.
- This little collection comprises ten porcelain and eight copper examples, all very carefully painted in polychrome enamels, sepia, and encre de Chine.
- Coated with layers of lacquer, primer, and polychrome, the portrait shows its age in pigment loss and cracks along the face and figure.
- The discovery made international headlines, and specialists arrived from Poland to examine the find - polychromes depicting colorful, fanciful figures, some with faces bearing a striking resemblance to Felix Landau and his mistress.
- Fabrics varied, and included calendared or glazed fabrics of wool, plain or floral printed calicos and muslins, and glazed chintz monochrome or polychrome prints.
- The pediment is painted jarrah fixed on a steel frame, and the bird itself is cast aluminium which has been painted to resemble polychromed hardwood.
- Hibiscus syriacus wood, polychrome ware and sculptures combining three materials clocks because high technological content is difficult to imitate.