parti-color
adjective
par·ti-col·or ˈpär-tē-ˌkə-lər 
variants or parti-colored
ˈpär-tē-ˌkə-lərd
: showing different colors or tints
especially : having a predominant color broken by patches of one or more other colors
a parti-color cocker spaniel
parti-color noun
Word History
Etymology
obsolete English party parti-color, from Middle English parti, from Anglo-French, of two colors, from past participle of partir to divide
First Known Use
1530, in the meaning defined above
parti-color
adjective
variants or parti-colored
as in piebald
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- piebald
- dapple
- pinto
- striped
- mottled
- pied
- marbled
- dappled
- speckled
- plaid
- patterned
- specked
- flecked
- checkered
- dotted
- plaided
- brindled
- brindle
- bicolored
- spotted
- streaked
- tricolor
- showy
- gaudy
- banded
- striated
- garish
- flashy
- colored
- dichromatic
- tricolored
- barred
- bicolor
- loud
- trichromatic
- varicolored
- splashy
- iridescent
- polychrome
- two-tone
- bichrome
- multicolored
- rainbow
- variegated
- two-toned
- vibrant
- various
- opalescent
- colorful
- brave
- brilliant
- polychromatic
- chromatic
- gay
- prismatic
- motley
- varied
- bright
- multihued
- kaleidoscopic
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- colorless
- solid
- monochromatic
- self-colored
- gray
- monotone
- achromatic
- grey
- monochromic
- faded
- pale
- bleached
- neutral
- faint
- decolorized
- pallid
- dull
- washed-out
- unbrilliant