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Noun Concept
Categories: Color, Optics, Optical phenomena, Articles with short description
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opalescence  iridescence  Chromatic shift  goniochromism  iridescent
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The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface WordNet 3.0
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The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Iridescence is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear to gradually change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Wikipedia
Property in which fine colors, changeable with the angle of view or angle of illumination, are produced on a surface by the interference of light that is reflected from both the front and back of a thin film Wikidata