parti-color

adjective

par·​ti-col·​or ˈpär-tē-ˌkə-lər 

variants or parti-colored

ˈpär-tē-ˌkə-lərd 

: showing different colors or tints

especially : having a predominant color broken by patches of one or more other colors

a parti-color cocker spaniel

parti-color noun

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English party parti-color, from Middle English parti, from Anglo-French, of two colors, from past participle of partir to divide

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above