The word IRIDESCENCE is derived from Greek and Latin, (iridos means rainbow in Greek) this combined with Latin suffix, ‘escent’ meaning beginning of a state or action and ‘Iris’ from Greek Mythology meaning the Rainbow Goddess. Iridescence is also known as goniochromism; its origin is from the Greek words ‘gonia’, meaning angle and ‘chroma’, meaning colour.
Iridescence is the phenomenon where certain surfaces appear to slowly interchange colour when the viewing angle or illumination of light changes. Iridescence colour movement is created by structural colouration called
