different between shimmering vs colorful

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shimmering

shimmering (plural shimmerings)

color +? -ful

colorful (comparative more colorful, superlative most colorful) (American spelling)

Possessing prominent and varied colors.
- 1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens
  It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.
Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
- 2002, news.bbc.co.uk
  Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.

(possessing prominent and varied colors): motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

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