highly colored—(also: high colored)
1. brightly colored; full of color:
- Compounds of this type are highly colored, and are used as dyes.
2. (of prose) pompous and pretentious:
- Some chapters are factual and suitable, but others are couched in the most highly colored cinematic prose.
3. (of a narrative) sensationalized or exaggerated:
- Travelers’ tales are often highly colored, as you know.
of a high color—(of wine, complexion, etc.) of red or reddish color:
- A liquor called Morocco … is of a high color, and is made from malt and hops.