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Iridesce(v.) - to be iridescent. Iridescence is the display or production of lustrous, rainbow-like colors. Iridescence is an optical phenomenon that changes hue in correspondence with the angle from which a surface is viewed. These hue fluctuations mainly occur when light waves intersect two or more semi-transparent surfaces. This intersection causes the wave lengths to shift and interfere with other light waves that intersect the surfaces from offset angles. The hue fluctuations can further be explained through optical physics theorem.

This is DIFFERENT from the terms under which chameleons change their skin color or an artist changes his/her paint color. Iridesce means to change color in a fashion that distorts based on perspective motion, specular transition and shape. There is no word that simply means "color change," as there are a vast amount of ways from which colors can be changed.

Fake Synonym: Rainbowic

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