iridescence.

A display of shifting colors that changes with viewing angle or lighting.

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Words that belong together

• rainbow iridescence
• surface iridescence

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Surface iridescence turned the oil film green and violet.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.