colorful

Etymology

color + -ful

adj

1. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
   It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs. 1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens
2. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
   One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner. 1895, H. Walter Staner, Henry Sturmey, The Autocar
3. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
   2002, news.bbc.co.uk Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.