Pentacolored

Quick meaning: Pentacolored is an adjective meaning Having five colors.

Meaning

Having five colors.

Example Sentences

Cover illustration: Ddaaddee, Lucky Pentacolored Flag (adapted from a photograph taken by Hu Geshan).

In the nine layers of heaven above we smelled the aroma of flowers, / And in pentacolored clouds responded to laughing sounds.

The extant Scripture of the Five Numinous Treasure Talismans (Lingbao wufu jing 靈寳五符經), a text assembled ca. 280 CE, features an exercise in which the cosmic “sprouts” of the pentacolored qi of the five directions are systematically ingested, leading to transcendence (HY 388, 3.12a–b).

There were two kinds of porcelain in the Sung Dynasty; celadon porcelain and a plain white one. If we compare those with the Tang Dynasty’s tricolored porcelain of the previous era, of the Ming Dynasty’s pentacolored one of a later era, Sung’s one gave us some impression of plainness and simplicity.

Synonyms for pentacolored

Depending on context, synonyms include pentacolor, quincolor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pentacolor, quincolor, pentachromic, tetracolored, quadricolored, tetra-colored.

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