prismatic.

Relating to a prism, its geometric form, or its separation of light into colors.

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Words that belong together

• prismatic light
• prismatic colors

On the page

Prismatic light wandered across the wall from the cracked ornament.

The crystal cast prismatic colors over the chart.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a material, structural, phonetic, or color classification; use degree language only for a meaningful resemblance. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.