varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
<adj.all> changeable taffeta chatoyant (or shot) silk a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent
having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
<adj.all> an iridescent oil slick nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
Iridescent \Ir`i*des"cent\ (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F. iridescent.] Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass. See {iridescence}.
Vinyl details all over included see-through plastic bustier bodices over sequined iridescent miniskirts for a mermaid effect.
The weed, a vine with triangular leaves and an iridescent blue berry, is a kind of horizontal version of Jack's beanstalk.
Ball gowns were sumptuous as always, whether slim and with plunging decolletes or strapless with full taffeta skirts, some with an iridescent effect.
Ms. Shiftan has already devised red, blue and green iridescent glazes that some say rival those of old.
The Sylvia pas de deux, the iridescent Valse Fantaisie, its dancers skimming like dragonflies, looked as delightful as ever.
The San Francisco Opera Guild event drew about 12 people who sat at one table, dwarfed by the huge room that features an arching dome of iridescent glass.
She constantly experiments with new designs, her latest discovery being hologram paper pasted onto nails in iridescent geometric patterns.