highly coloured
/ˌhʌɪli ˈkʌləd
/(US highly colored)
adjective
1Having a strong, vibrant colour or colours: highly coloured, open-necked summer shirts...
- The results were disturbingly childish, with models dressed in highly coloured clothes reminiscent of cartoon characters.
- The fruit drops are highly coloured and flavoured with natural or synthetic essences.
- Tablet weaving involved threading highly coloured types of wool together to make decorative braiding for high-status clothing.
1.1Imbued with a highly emotive or exaggerated quality: Lawrence wrote a famous, highly coloured account of his role in the Arab revolt...
- The family memoir contains a highly coloured account of the accidental killing by Gascoigne's son from his first marriage of a stepson from the second marriage.
- This process of 'persuasive definition' is not necessarily highly coloured with emotion.
- The company has presented a highly coloured version of the district court's actions, one of the most extraordinary parts being an attack on the judge's press interviews.