Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae. spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell; mackerel, mackerel sky; zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite†, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble. check, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry-, parquetry; mosaic, tesserae†, strigae†; chessboard, checkers, chequers; harlequin; Joseph's coat; tricolor. V. be variegated &c adj.; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer; bespeckle†, speckle; besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot†; tattoo, inlay, damascene; embroider, braid, quilt. Adj. variegated &c v.; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party- colored; dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor†, tricolor, versicolor†; of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic. iridescent; opaline†, opalescent; prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant†; irisated†, pavonine†. pied, piebald; motley; mottled, marbled; pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous†. mosaic, tesselated, plaid; tortoise shell &c n.. spotted, spotty; punctated†, powdered; speckled &c v.; freckled, flea-bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered†; striated, barred, veined; brinded†, brindled; tabby; watered; grizzled; listed; embroidered &c v.; daedal†; naevose†, stipiform†; strigose†, striolate†. (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT