IRIDESCENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

Synonyms:

iridescence; opalescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("iridescence" is a kind of...):

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

Derivation:

iridesce (be iridescent)

iridescent (having a play of lustrous rainbow colors)

iridescent (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles)