10 effect specs

Liquid glass effects

The optical effects that make up liquid glass, and the two accent materials that go with it: what each looks like, where it belongs, what to avoid and its parameters.

A convex circular lens over a dark calibration grid, bending the lines at its rim.RefractionThe scene behind is bent and magnified through the shape: strongest in the bezel band along the edge, calm in the centre.A frosted rounded pane over dunes and sky, with the dune bands blurred inside.FrostThe backdrop behind the glass turns into soft colour, with a faint grain; edges still bend.A clear glass capsule over a night skyline, lit by a bright key rim at the top.SpecularA thin bright line hugging the silhouette, brightest where the edge faces the key light (top-left): on a wide capsule the whole top edge and left cap; a dimmer counter-light along the bottom edge and right cap; a soft glow just inside the edge.A clear circular lens over a night skyline, with red, green and blue fringes on the window lights near its rim.DispersionA thin rainbow fringe where the glass bends the most — red and blue images separate by 1–3 px at the silhouette; in thick crystal, bright points split into spectra.A convex lens over a dark grid with soft colour glows, with a thin-film hue band on its rim.IridescenceView-dependent rainbow sheen like a soap bubble or oil film: hues shift with the angle and thickness, strongest near grazing edges, usually over clear glass.A frosted rounded pane over an animated caustic light network on deep teal.CausticsBright, wavy, focused light lines and cells — the network of light at the bottom of a pool or cast by a glass on a table.Two clear lens lobes merging into one liquid shape over dunes.MorphGlass bodies behave like liquid: when they come closer than their merge spacing they fuse with a smooth neck; indicators stretch while moving; a button can swell into a menu.A blue-tinted glass capsule over dunes and sky.TintGlass carrying colour: accent or danger tint laid over the refraction while the backdrop still shows through and bends.A glass composer bar over dunes, with a dark send button ringed in liquid metal.Liquid metalOpaque, mirror-polished metal that behaves like liquid.A glass capsule button over pastel ribbons, with a short blue beam on its rim at the top-right cap.Border beamA short arc of light travels along the silhouette at one constant speed: a bright head as thin as the rim (1–2 px, white or accent) fading to nothing along a tail of 15–35 % of the perimeter, wrapping corners and caps without changing width, length or speed.