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colourful

UK ( US colorful)
 
 
/ˈkʌləfəl/ adjective

Translation

BRIGHT having bright colours
renkli, cıvıl cıvıl, parlak, rengarenk
a colourful painting1507
INTERESTING interesting and unusual
ilginç, ilgi çekici
a colourful character 1062
(Definition of colourful adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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