moire
Shimmery fabric pattern
Moire is a wavy, rippled pattern that appears when two regular patterns overlap at slight angles—like the shimmering effect on watered silk or the visual interference when photographing a striped shirt through a screen door.
The term applies to fabrics with this deliberately created texture and to the unintended visual artifacts in photography and digital imaging: The scan showed distracting moire patterns.
Fine woven insect fiber
- taffetaSmooth, lustrous woven cloth
- fabricWoven or knit material
- wateredSupplied with liquid
- calenderingRoller-smoothing process
finishing · damask · brocade · grosgrain · drapery · upholstery · gown · couture
Outer edges or tassels
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- beatsPulses or defeats
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- aliasingSignal misidentification from undersampling
banding · contours · waveforms · constructive · destructive · phasing · spatial · frequency
Waves spreading past obstacles
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- wavefrontSurface of equal phase
- refractionWave bending between media
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
holography · fringe · coherence · wavelength · photonics · spectroscopy · lens · prism
Color shift from interference
- lusterSoft reflected light
- sheenSoft surface luster
- glossShine or annotation
- gleamFaint reflected light
wavy · rippled · watermark · lustrous · glimmering · opalescence · pearlescence
Weave elements together
- wovenInterlaced on loom
- meshInterlocking open weave
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
crisscross · crosshatch · interweaving · grid · overlay · superimposed · network
silk
Fine woven insect fiber
calendering · finishing · damask · brocade · grosgrain · drapery · upholstery · gown · couture · ribbed
fringes
Outer edges or tassels
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- beatsPulses or defeats
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
aliasing · banding · contours · waveforms · constructive · destructive · phasing · spatial · frequency · filtering
diffraction
Waves spreading past obstacles
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- wavefrontSurface of equal phase
- refractionWave bending between media
polarization · holography · fringe · coherence · wavelength · photonics · spectroscopy · lens · prism · optical
iridescence
Color shift from interference
gleam · wavy · rippled · watermark · lustrous · glimmering · opalescence · pearlescence
interlace
Weave elements together
ribbing · crisscross · crosshatch · interweaving · grid · overlay · superimposed · network
- fabricscotton, silk, linen, wool, satin
- wavy patternswavy line, sine wave, undulation, ripple, ripples
- dress fabricssatin, silk, chiffon, velvet, taffeta
- historic fabricslinen, velvet, damask, brocade, silk
- luxury fabricssilk, velvet, satin, cashmere, brocade
- upholstery fabricsvelvet, damask, chenille, brocade, linen
moireplain
Basic and unremarkable
unpatterned · solid · monochrome · unadorned · uniform
moiregeometric
Relating to mathematical shapes
grid · checkerboard · striped · rectilinear · angular
moirematte
Non-reflective surface finish
flat · simple · unfinished · untextured · featureless