Colorful vs Coloring - What's the difference?
colorful | coloring |
Possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour, colors.
* 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, title=The Autocar,
passage=One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a ' colourful manner.}}
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language ).
* 2002 ,
As an adjective colorful
is possessing prominent and varied colors.As a verb coloring is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun coloring is
an act or process which applies color.colorful
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Alternative forms
* colourful (Commonwealth English)Adjective
(-)- 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.
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- 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.
