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iridescent

/ˌɪrɪˈdesənt/  ·  say it: ir·uh·DES·uhnt

showing shifting rainbow-like colors as the angle changes

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In more detail

showing colors that seem to change depending on the angle from which you look at it, like a rainbow effect

Examples

• The soap bubble had an iridescent sheen that shifted between blue and purple.

Nearby in Describing & Comparing

contrasting, comparable, labyrinthine