Lined: Translucent glass (usually crystal clear or a very pale color) with a solid colored center lining. The lining color shows through the clear glass exterior for a dimensional colored effect.

Luster Translucent: A high shine pearl-like finish. Iridescent without the rainbow effect.

Matte: A soft, frosted appearance.

Matte Rainbow: A soft, frosted appearance. The rainbow finish gives the beads a lovely multicolored effect.

Metallic: A polished, soft metal appearance. Semi-matte metallics have a subtle, frosted appearance.

Metallic Iris: Metallic colors with a rainbow effect.

Opal: Semi-translucent. They have a soft, cloudy appearance with a polished glass finish.

Opaque Rainbow: Solid, opaque colors with a lustrous rainbow coating giving a beautiful iridescent effect.

Satin: The satin finish effect is applied to a translucent bead to give a soft, frosted appearance with delicate, hardly-there ridges around the bead.

Satin Pearl: Pearl colors with a lightly frosted finish.

Silver Lined: Translucent glass with a silver lining for sparkle. Silver lined beads are also sometimes referred to as rocailles.

Silver Lined Iris: Translucent glass with a silver lining for sparkle, and an iris coating for rainbow iridescence.

Striped: Clear or opaque glass with stripes of one or two colors running around the outside. This gives a multi-tone effect to the bead.

Translucent: See-thru, allowing light from behind to illuminate the colors.

Translucent Iris: See-thru, allowing light from behind to illuminate the colors. The iris coating gives the beads a rainbow iridescence.

White Heart: Colored, translucent bead with a solid opaque white center (white heart)