colorful vs dyed

colorful

adj
  • Possessing prominent and varied colors. 

  • Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language). 

  • Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive. 

dyed

adj
  • Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith. 

How often have the words colorful and dyed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )