Of a light or reflective colour, esp. one which may be contrasted with a darker alternative. Designating a metal or alloy that is of a very pale…

Of a pearl or other precious stone, originally one coming from the East: of superior value and brilliancy, lustrous, precious. Also figurative. Now…

With the sense ‘resembling steel’ (in colour, hardness, etc.), as steel gloss; steel-bright, steel-hard, steel-sharp, steel-straight, steel-strong…

Resembling metal in appearance, lustre, etc.; = metallic, adj. 5a. Obsolete.

Of lustre, etc.: Resembling that of spar.

Resembling a metal in colour or appearance; esp. having the distinctive lustre characteristic of metals; iridescent, glossy.

Of a shiny colour intermediate between that of gold and brass.