Usually means: Use of multiple colors artistically.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word polychromy:

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  1. polychromy: Merriam-Webster
  2. polychromy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polychromy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polychromy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polychromy: Wordnik
  6. polychromy: Wiktionary
  7. polychromy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polychromy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Polychromy, polychromy: Dictionary.com
  10. Polychromy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Polychromy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. polychromy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Polychromy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. polychromy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. polychromy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  polychrome painting
▸ noun:  the painting of statues etc.

Similar:
polychromism, polychromatism, polychroism, duochrome, pleochromatism, monochromatist, pentachromat, monochromy, polyphonism, polyptych, more...

Opposite:
monochromy, monochrome, monotone

Adjectives:
original, architectural, rich, constructional, structural, greek, brilliant, vivid, external, ancient, violent

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Similar:
polychromism, polychromatism, polychroism, duochrome, pleochromatism, monochromatist, pentachromat, monochromy, polyphonism, polyptych, more...

Opposite:
monochromy, monochrome, monotone

Adjectives:
original, architectural, rich, constructional, structural, greek, brilliant, vivid, external, ancient, violent



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