Having an iridescent pearl-like surface, giving a play of lustrous rainbowlike colors; nacreous; pearlaceous.

Paints that have a pearly sheen.

having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

Having a shimmering quality, clay that includes a filler that reflects microscopic bits of light, soft sparkling inside the clay, not metallic.

The description given to a piece of jewellery that reflects light in a pearl-like way, but not necessarily being a pearl. A pearlescent look generally has an illusory depth to it, seemingly of different layers of semi-transparent white and off-white coatings.

A kind of light that seen in the sun's glow at dawn, giving a pearl-like quality.

See "Mica". Alternate Term(s): Mica