Iridescent vs Colored - What's the difference?
iridescent | colored |
(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.
Having a particular or kind of color.
* The room was colored''' red, with a dark-'''colored rug.
Having prominent colors; colorful.
* The singer wore a colored shirt.
Influenced pervasively but subtly.
* My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
* Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
Of neither black nor white skin color.
* Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
(chiefly, historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
(color)
As adjectives the difference between iridescent and colored
is that iridescent is (not comparable) producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic while colored is having a particular or kind of color.As a noun colored is
a colored person.As a verb colored is
(color).iridescent
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(iridescence)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* iridesce * iridescence * iridescentlyAnagrams
* English words suffixed with -escent ----colored
English
Alternative forms
* coloured (British spelling)Adjective
(en adjective)- a black''' drinking fountain''; ''a '''black hospital