1) Brightness 2) Color 3) Iridescent quality 4) Opalescence
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1) Irisation 2) Opalescence 3) Variegation
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Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the property of certain surfaces that appear to change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Examples of iridescence include soap bubbles, butterfly wings and sea shells, as well as certain minerals. It is often created by structural coloration (microstructures which interfer...
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Is a colour effect seen when light suffers interference by reflection from thin films or by diffraction so that some light waves are removed and others are reinforced.
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• (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
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This refers to the optical effect whereby prismatic colours, similar to the ones seen on oil films, can be seen. Iridescence is the play of lustrous colours, which may be like those of the rainbow or a subtle combination of colours such as pink, blue, green, and silver.
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interference of light either at the surface or in the interior of a material that produces a series of colours as the angle of incidence changes. ... [3 related articles]
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The production of colors of varied hue by interference of light reflected from front and back of thin films (as in soap bubbles) or from faults and boundaries within crystalline solids such as mica or with opal. The colors of mother-of-pearl and some insects are due to iridescence.
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(ir″ĭ-des´әns) the condition of gleaming with bright and changing colors. adj., irides´cent., adj.
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Spectral colors observed inside or on a gemstone. It iscaused by light passing through layers of differing refractiveindexes. The colors seen in Opals are a result of iridescence.
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Brilliant patches of green or pink sometimes seen near the edges of high
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Light effect causing a mineral to display a play of colors on an apparently monocolored surface. Iridescence is many times the result of pearly luster, seen around an area where pressure occurred, displaying a similar image to that of fresh oil rising to the surface of a road at the beginning of a rain. Iridescence is also the result of mild tarni...
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Light effect causing a mineral to display a play of colors on an apparently monocolored surface. Iridescence is many times the result of pearly luster, seen around an area where pressure occurred, displaying a similar image to that of fresh oil rising to the surface of a road at the beginning of a rain. Iridescence is also the result of mild tarni...
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Shimmering colours on the surface of the earthworm's skin as a result of refracted light. Green and blue are common iridescent colours.
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Ir`i·des'cence noun [ See
Iridescent .] Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the
iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
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The luminous property that some gemstones like opal and moonstone have, whereby they appear to contain many different and changing colours
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Rainbow-like multi-colored play of light on feathers - e.g., on the back of a Tree Swallow.
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Brilliant patches of green or pink sometimes seen near the edges of high- or medium-level clouds.
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iridescence 1. The condition of gleaming with bright and changing colors; iridescent. 2. A lustrous rainbow-like play of color caused by differential refraction of light waves (as from an oil slick, soap bubble, or fish scales) that tends to change as the angle of view changes. 3. A condition of color marked by changing the hue and metallic sheen...
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exhibition of multicolored reflections such as the 'play of colors' given by films of oil on water.
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Optical phenomenon describing a material's apparent surface hue change corresponding to the angle at which the surface is viewed.
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Glossy colouration created by the reflectance or refraction of light on feathers and related to feather structure; not a pigment colour.
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(adjective form is iridescent) the changing of color when moved; reflection of light to form a color different from the pigment of an object
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