monivärisissä

Monivärisissä is a Finnish grammatical form, specifically the inessive plural of the adjective monivärinen, meaning multicolored or polychrome. It is used to describe objects or surfaces that display many colors, and it typically precedes plural nouns in the inessive case, as in “monivärisissä kankaissa” (in multicolored fabrics) or “monivärisissä kuvioissa” (in multicolored patterns).

Grammatically, monivärinen is formed from moni- (many) and väri (color) with the common Finnish -nen suffix to indicate a characteristic. The inessive plural ending -issä signals location or state, so monivärisissä corresponds to “in multicolored (ones)” when used with a plural noun.

Usage and context often appear in fields such as textiles, fashion, interior design, and art criticism. It emphasizes a deliberate or notable use of multiple colors rather than a single dominant hue. Examples include: “Monivärisissä kankaissa käytetään usein sinisiä, punaisia ja keltaisia sävyjä.” and “Monivärisissä kuvioissa toistuvat korkeat kontrastit.” These constructions highlight color variety as a design feature.

Translations and related terms: in English, monivärisissä can be rendered as “in multicolored” or, more fluidly, “multicolored.” Related Finnish forms include monivärinen (multicolored) and monivärisiä (partitive plural of multicolored). The term is often contrasted with värikäs (colorful) or yksivärinen (single-colored) in descriptive writing.

See also: moniväri, monivärinen, värillinen.