mul·ti·col·ored

[muhl-ti-kuhl-erd, muhl-ti-kuhl-erd]
adjective
of several or many colors.

Origin:
1835–45; multi- + colored

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multicolored
1845, from multi- + pp. of color.
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Multicolored is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
There were multicolored jackets with full pleated skirts in contrasting
  squiggle patterns.
When at last the platoon could move, it could do so only under the cover of
  chattering guns and multicolored smoke grenades.
The recalled sparklers are packaged in a multicolored cardboard box and sold
  with six sparklers per box.
Multicolored street-level distractions instead held sway.
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