opalescent has definitions from the field of color
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[ adjective ] (color) having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors

Examples

"an iridescent oil slick" "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl" "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Miss_Pulova has a voice that Maria_Callas once described as `` like chipping teeth with a screw_driver '' , and her round , opalescent face becomes fascinatingly reflective of the emotions demanded by the role of Rosalie .

Related terms

bright

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