brilliant or colorful in effect or appearance.
Not a surface texture, but a special surface finish. Finish produces a metallic sheen creating a rainbow affect.
displaying a shining, rainbowlike range of colors (Morris 1992).
A rainbow range of colors reflected from the surface of a gemstone.
Gleaming and flashing with many colours, like a peacock feather or a soap bubble.
A term often associated with either taffeta or satin that refers to the weaving of the warp and fill in different colored yarns so that as the fabric moves, different colors predominate.
lustrous; changing color in changing reflected light.
exhibiting rainbow colors
a fabric with a changeable color effect depending on the angle of view and lighting. It is usually the result of weaving with one color in the warp and another in the weft.
Brilliant, lustrous, colorful, or rainbow-like in effect or appearance. e.g. an iridescent oil slick, iridescent plumage
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
displaying lustrous colors like the rainbow.
Displaying a shift in color hues. In male Hummingbirds, prismatic effects and scattering of light result in the gorget feathers appearing either black or brilliant metallic red, depending on the angle from which it is viewed.
showing rainbow like colors depending on the angle of the reflected light.
Iridescence is caused by the reflection of light from a jewel or gemstone. An iridescent object displays many lustrous, changing colours.
Rainbow like colors that seem to change with direction of light.
Exhibiting a display of rainbow-like effects, as in a soap bubble.
Showing a changeable rainbow of colors.
Having or exhibiting iridescence . Fabric that appears to change color when moving.
(also called aurora borealis or AB): a rainbow finish, usually transparent
An interaction of various rainbow-like colors.
Fabric which appears to change color or sparkle as it moves.
A descriptive term that defines fabric that appears to move and change in rainbow colors depending on the angle at which it is seen.
look like a rainbow Peacock ore
An interplay of various colors.
Probably the most desirable form of toning on a silver or nickel coin. Iridescent toning covers virtually all of the coin's surface, while still permitting all of the coin's natural lustre to shine through with its full intensity. Some numismatists feel that in order for toning to be called iridescent it must have all the colors of the rainbow, or at the very least, most of them.
Having the property of exhibiting prismatic colors or varied colors.
Contrasting warp and filling yarns giving a two-color effect.
A term usually applied to crystals or rhinestones that sparkle with a rainbow of colors. Pearls, shells, and other components can also have this changing luster, similar to the changing color seen on an oil slick. Iridescent stones are popular in bridal, crystal, and rhinestone jewelry because they pick up a variety of colors, enabling them to match with different colored apparel.
Iridescent refers to a color effect created by weaving warp ends of one color and a weft of another color. Taffeta weave creates the best iridescent effects.
An iridescent object displays many lustrous, changing colors. Iridescence is caused by the reflection of light from the jewel.
An interplay of various rainbow-like colours
