pearlescent
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- adjective
- /ˌpɪrˈlɛsənt/
- The artist used pearlescent paints to give the landscape an iridescent glow under the evening sun.
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Watch on YouTubeBrightening, smoothing, a teeny bit of pearlescent Sheen, but never too much.
- Brightening, smoothing, a teeny bit of pearlescent Sheen, but never too much.
- It's just this micro fine pearlescent sparkle put on there.
- Illuminating pearlescent particles for a glowing skin finish.
- It's ultra sheer, ultra luminescent, ultra pearlescent without there being lots of shimmer.
- There's a very, very light pearlescent pink and then a shimmery sort of aubergine brownie Reddy colour.
- It is thin but it is buildable and it has a beautiful pearlescent satin finish and I use this all the time I'm wearing it right now.
- This shade is pearlescent pink and I'm just going to take it on the same brush and just apply a little bit to the apples of my cheeks.
Examples
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It is thin but it is buildable and it has a beautiful pearlescent satin finish and I use this all the time I'm wearing it right now.
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The store was a glistening, pearlescent cavern filled with costumed mannequins and saleswomen.
Fiction book (1990) -
How about that for a pearlescent colourful look at the way it reflects the light?
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Lots of white gold pearlescent shimmers in it.
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I always carried it there, in its shell-shaped, pearlescent box.
Fiction book (1993) -
But it just gives you like a subtle pearlescent kind of pinky glow.
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Illuminating pearlescent particles for a glowing skin finish.
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She goes out to get her hair streaked and her nails painted a kind of pearlescent apricot.
Fiction book (1991) -
They were round, except for one side that came out in a smooth ellipse, pearlescent pastel rainbows that wavered with each movement.
Fiction book (2000) -
The walls of the gallery were painted in a beautiful, pearlescent hue that caught the light beautifully.
Synonyms
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Having a white, shiny look with a soft glow
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Bright colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
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Having the shape of a prism or showing bright rainbow colours
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8.2
Soft, shiny colors on a surface that look like a small rainbow
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A shiny, pearly surface that shows soft rainbow colors
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Having a shiny surface that shows soft changing colors like a pearl
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A smooth, shiny surface that glows softly in light
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Having a milky rainbow shine that changes with light
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A surface with changing bright colors like a rainbow when light hits it
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Shining with a changing color or light when you look from different angles
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Showing different colours when seen from different angles
Antonyms
How Pearly
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Morphology
Etymology
Pearlescent comes from the word pearl, a shiny gem made by an oyster, and the ending -escent, which means 'becoming' or 'showing' and appears in words like fluorescent. So, pearlescent means 'showing a pearl-like shine' that seems to change color when you move.