iridescence

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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

You'll find colors like Artichaut, an "opulent green that is born of the garden," and Oyster, a gray-brown sheen with a hint of iridescence.

From Salon

Some have enormous eyes and broadcast a rainbow iridescence that would not look out of place beneath a glass counter at Tiffany’s.

From New York Times

But what’s most striking is seeing Ms. Julien use the same confident iridescence to take in the complexities of memory, race and her native city in more straightforwardly personal views.

From New York Times

The fleeting and ephemeral nature of the colors was affected by the angle of vision, which shifted the iridescence through a suite of multicolored transitions in a manner that appeared to defy physics.

From Washington Post