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Also 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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  • 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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