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Polychromy vs Polychromed - What's the difference?

polychromy | polychromed |

As a noun polychromy

is the art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.

As an adjective polychromed is

strikingly multicolored, as if by polychromy.

polychromy

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(-)
  • The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.

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    polychromed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Strikingly multicolored, as if by polychromy.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 8, author=Christopher Gray, title=Beyond Decay, a Fantastical Three-Story Concoction, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He designed several remarkable buildings in and around Vienna, like the factory for the Zacherl family’s insecticide business, a striking polychromed brick building with pointed arches, minarets and a dome, explicitly Islamic in style. }}