Paint″ed, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
Painted beauty(Zoöl.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, — Painted cup(Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. — Painted finch. See Nonpareil. — Painted lady(Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. — Painted turtle(Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.