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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Colorful and brightly-colored

Hi,

Does 'colorful' mean many colors and brightly-colored mean one or many colors?

Can you check if the sentences below are correct?

This is a colorful T-shirt.
This is a brightly-colored T-shirt.

These hats are colorful.
These hats are brightly-colored.

Thank you very much.
  

Top answer

Colorful means the thing has color, either one color or many, rather than being just plain white, beige, black, tan, or brown. Brightly-colored means the thing has color, either one color or many, and that the color or colors are much brighter than usual; for example, bright red rather than just red; bright blue rather than just blue, etc. The four sentences are okay.

— Anonymous

  • Colorful means the thing has color, either one color or many, rather than being just plain white, beige, black, tan, or brown.
  • Brightly-colored means the thing has color, either one color or many, and that the color or colors are much brighter than usual; for example, bright red rather than just red; bright blue rather than just blue, etc.
  • The four sentences are okay.
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Colorful means the thing has color, either one color or many, rather than being just plain white, beige, black, tan, or brown. Brightly-colored means the thing has color, either one color or many, and that the color or colors are much brighter than usual; for example, bright red rather than just red; bright blue rather than just blue, etc.

The four sentences are okay.
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