Polychrome is a decorative style, which utilizes at least three colors on the same piece of ceramic.
Salado polychrome ceramics can be distinguished by their black and red markings on a white background. When populations started moving south from the Colorado Plateau area, they brought together many different traditions and cultures together in one region. The Anasazi, Mogollon, and Hohokam traditions were some of the diverse ways of life that were brought together at that time. The populations moved south into the Tonto Basin area of central Arizona. The Salado pottery technique was used on vessels such as ollas, jars, bowls, and ladles.