Thin-Film Iridescence

Computer Graphics · Materials and BSDFs · 2017 · thin-film-iridescence.yaml

Models wave interference in a coating a few wavelengths thick, which makes reflectance shift with angle and produces the colours of soap films, oil slicks and anodized metal.

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