Meaning more than one color, in the context of glass beads, polychrome identifies individually created beads decorated by hand with several colors of glass.

A 12-stick design offered with black printing on one of five background colors.

The term used by dealers and experts to describe an object painted in a variety of colors.

many or various colors. Example of polychromy

color with many colors; make polychrome

Literally meaning "many colored", in the context of jewelry it simply refers to a decoration that uses three or more colors.

A painted finish applied mostly to sculpture work, consisting of multiple combinations of color. Popular during the late nineteenth century.

multi-colored.

A painted or glazed surface of three or more colors.

Having many colors.

painted with various colors.

Of many or various colors.

Polychrome is one of the terms used to describe the use of multiple colors in one entity. Most often, the term is used in conjunction with certain styles of architecture during the Victorian era.