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Colorful vs Picturesque - What's the difference?

colorful | picturesque |

As adjectives the difference between colorful and picturesque

is that colorful is possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour|colors while picturesque is resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting scenic.

colorful

English

Alternative forms

* colourful (Commonwealth English)

Adjective

(-)
  • Possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour, colors.
  • * 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
  • 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.
  • 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 , news.bbc.co.uk
  • 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.

    picturesque

    English

    Alternative forms

    * picture-skew (humorous)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
  • We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
  • * 1900 , , Chapter I,
  • A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.

    Synonyms

    * quaint

    Derived terms

    * picturesquely * picturesqueness