polychromatic

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He repurposes offcuts into smaller experiments, including rhythmic, polychromatic wall-mounted pieces hanging in his own home; one is above the white oak fireplace mantle he hand-chiseled.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Eyelash vipers are famously polychromatic, which means their appearances can vary widely, even among snakes born in the same litter.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

"Many snails are polychromatic -- within the same species, you get different colors," says Bieler.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

Each pill is rendered in concentric bands so that they resemble restless, polychromatic irises, or Wayne Thiebaud’s glowing confections, if Thiebaud painted sherbert-ringed icons of existential pain.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

It is a surprising and trying moment for a girl who throws water upon a young man's face to see that face begin to dissolve and come off, feature by feature, in polychromatic splendour.

From The Gay Rebellion by Frederick, Edmund