What does colourful mean?
Word: Colourful
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Colourful means full of bright colours, or lively and interesting.
Synonyms: lively, multicoloured
Antonyms: dull, plain
How do you spell colourful?
Syllables: col - our - ful
Tricky part: British English keeps the u in colour, so the middle is our, not or. Colorful without the u is the American spelling.
Watch out for: coulorful, colurful
Memory tip: Think of a British flag fluttering on a colourful kite: British spelling flies the u in colour, colourful and colourless.
Colourful in a sentence
Example 1: The school bus has been painted in colourful stripes.
Example 2: Grandpa tells colourful stories about growing up in a Kerala village.
Example 3: A colourful kingfisher sat on the branch above the pond.
Fun Fact
Holi is often called the most colourful festival in India, because people throw clouds of coloured powder, called gulal, at each other.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
colour____
a) full
b) fol
c) fool
d) ful
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d) ful. Full drops one l when it becomes an ending, as in helpful and careful.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
colourful
a) drab
b) gaudy
c) bold
d) vivid
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a) drab. A drab room has no bright colours at all; vivid, gaudy and bold rooms are full of them.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
oullocufr
a) colourless
b) coloured
c) colourful
d) forceful
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c) colourful. The jumble has two u letters and an f, and only colourful can use them all.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) colourful
b) butterflie
c) festivle
d) carnivel
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a) colourful. Butterfly ends in y, and carnival and festival both end in al.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A colourful character is someone who is ____.
a) lively and fun to be around
b) fond of painting walls
c) too shy to say a word
d) always dressed in red
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a) lively and fun to be around
2. Of these, what is usually the most colourful?
a) a sheet of white paper
b) a plain steel spoon
c) a grey rain cloud
d) a field of tulips in spring
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d) a field of tulips in spring
