polychromy
Sign in to saveAlso known as polychrome, multicolored, colourful, multicoloured, colorful, multicolor, Polychromatic
thumb|1883 reconstruction of color scheme of the entablature on a [[Doric temple]]
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- Instance of
- color scheme
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- Commons category
- Polychromy
- opposite of
- monochrome
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons gallery
- Colorful
- topic's main category
- Category:Colours (heraldry)
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Ancient Near East
- Ancient Egypt
- Classical world
- East Asia
- Medieval
- 17th and 18th centuries
- Porcelain
- 19th century
- Neoclassicism
- 19th century maximalism
- Polychrome brickwork
- Romanian Revival style
- 20th century
- Before World War I
- Modernism
- Postmodernism
- United States
- 21st century
- Polychromatic light
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|1883 reconstruction of color scheme of the entablature on a [[Doric temple]]
Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multiple colors.
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