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Question: What is dichroic glass?

Answer: Dichroic glass is so special (and more expensive than just clear glass.
The definition of dichroic glass:

The word "dichroic", pronounced Dye-Cro-Ick, is derived from two Greek roots, "di" for two and
"chroma" for color. So "dichroic" literally means "two-colored."

You may hear dichroic glass referred to as "dichro" for short or even very rarely as "chameleon
glass". You may also hear it incorrectly referred to as dichronic, dichrotic, dicroic, dicromic,
diachronic and dichryllic just to name a few. Another misconception is that dichroic glass refers to
the entire fused glass movement. Though fused glass or warm glass may incorporate dichroic
glass; doing so is not a requirement. Dichroic glass is a design element that can be used in glass
blowing, bead making and of course glass fusing.