Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multiple colors.
1883 reconstruction of color scheme of the entablature on a Doric temple
Assyrian tile with a guilloche border from the North-West Palace at Nimrud (now in modern Iraq), 883-859 BC, glazed earthenware, British Museum, London
Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate, c.605-539 BC, glazed bricks, Pergamon Museum
Reconstruction of a hall from an Assyrian palace, by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1849
Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete. It is notable for the remains of a Minoan palace and the surrounding town.
View of Phaistos
Entryway to the palace
Archaeological site of Phaistos
Bird clasping a fish. Decoration of a clay alabastron from Kalyvia, Phaistos, Crete. Early postpalatial period (1350–1300 B.C.)