Does this effect have a name? I'm specifically referencing the iridescent shapes to the lower left of the apple
It's not moire...
These are Newtons rings, a different type of optical interference pattern.
It occurs when two transparent sources reflect light in contact.
You get it frequently when trying to scan transparencies using a flatbed scanner too.
Here: Newtons Rings Wikipedia
When a grid's misaligned with another behinnd, that's a moiré
Not a direct answer to your question but the same effect can be used to measure extremely flat objects. Its a pretty cool rabbit hole.
thin film interference
It's called moiré, a form of interference pattern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern
Edit: not moirè, but rather a form of diffraction grating interference because of the minute differences in distance between the two surfaces.
It is also the why DVDs and CDs have rainbow reflections.
I wonder if it's a polarization effect. Look at it with polarized sunglasses on.
A swole apple with a yoyo.
My first guess would be Fresnel diffraction, I guess because of the pattern
Moiré?
Pretty sure it's the prism effect.
I don't know what it's called, but I can tell you it's caused by air being trapped underneath the screen protector. Whoever put it on didn't know to start in the middle and apply pressure outward so you can wipe bubbles toward the edge to remove them.
Or, they were doing a hundred of them and knew they wouldn't have to look at any of them again, so they just threw it on there as fast as they could.
That's moire.
Literally: wavy visual pattern that happens when two different grid or line layers overlap, when a camera films a fine design, or in a special rippled fabric.
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