Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - colourful

~ BrE colorful AmE adj 1 having bright colours or a lot of different colours  (a colourful display of flowers) 2 interesting, exciting, and full of variety  (colourful career/life/period etc)  (Charlie Chaplin had a long and colorful career. | colourful character/figure (=someone who is interesting and unusual))  (The old galley cook was the most colourful character on the ship.) 3 colourful language, speech etc uses a lot of swearing - colourfully adv