Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly. Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured. "The painted desert" , "A particolored dress" , "A piebald horse" , "Pied daisies"