Meaning & use
Colorfulness
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The quality or state of being full of color, vivid, or richly varied in hue.
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The market's colorfulness came from stalls piled high with fruit, spices, and fabric.
Photographers praised the colorfulness of the autumn foliage that year.
A note on using this word
In color science, 'colorfulness' is also a precise technical term describing the perceived intensity of a color's hue, distinct from brightness or saturation.
Words with a similar meaning
vividnessvibrancy
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Words with an opposite meaning
dullnessdrabness
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