IRIDESCENT=====Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass. See iridescence. [1913 Webster]
OPALESCENT
• OPALESCENT (adjective)
The adjective OPALESCENT has 1 sense:
1. having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors
Familiarity information: OPALESCENT used as an adjective is very rare.
| Sense |
Meaning:
Having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors
Synonyms:
opalescent; opaline; pearlescent; iridescent; nacreous
Context examples:
an iridescent oil slick / nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl / a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
Similar:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
What does Opaque mean?
Answer
Light cannot go through the object.
Hopefully this will help some of us that forget these terms when we are talking about someone elses art work or when we are working on our own piece.
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