iridescence

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Tentacular growths begin to invade the offshore structure, shimmering with oily iridescence against the rig’s dull, cold steel.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Out of the 16,724 known species and subspecies of ants worldwide, only a few exhibit blue coloration or iridescence.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

Her eyes are turquoise and sparkly; her feathers a silky black with a sheen of iridescence, sometimes green, sometimes lavender depending on the light.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

At 5 millimeters long, the new species is large for a member of the Bembidion genus, and when looked at under magnification its brown color has a green-and-gold iridescence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

The boulders show and seem to rise up and the ocean recedes leaving little pools, leaving wet weed and moss and sponge, iridescence and brown and blue and China red.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck