glossiness

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“Against the Tide, ” Sarvnik Kaur’s breathtaking documentary about Indigenous fishermen in Mumbai, India, dispels the myth that cinematic beauty has to do with the power of the camera or the glossiness of the image.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Bear in mind with my comparison shots that the GMK keycaps I’m comparing them to have been in more or less continuous use for a year and a half, hence the extra glossiness.

From The Verge • Jun. 11, 2022

A 2017 paper from another lab had shown that birds shy away from glossiness, yet the specific avoidance of the color-shifting nature of iridescence had never been documented before.

From Scientific American • Jun. 3, 2022

That’s good — even in spite of the buzzy, brand-management glossiness of “beauty bias” sloganeering.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022

“It’s the toluene. Toluene is colorless, but it’s used to dissolve and suspend the pigments in the polish, and helps the polish stick to the nail. It also contributes to its glossiness once it dries.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam