What is dichroic glass and what is its use in fused glass, dichroic jewelry & art glass? What makes dichroic glass so special?

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 as "chameleon glass". You may also hear it incorrectly referred to as dichronic, dichrotic, dicroic, dicromic, diachronic, dichromatic and dichryllic just to name a few. Another misconception is that dichroic glass is the same as fused glass or refers to the entire fused glass movement. Though fused glass or warm glass may incorporate dichroic glass elements; doing so is not a requirement. Dichroic glass can be used as an element in glass blowing, bead making and of course glass fusing. The most distinctive feature of dichroic glass is that it seems to have more than one color, especially when viewed from different angles. For example, a particular formulation will appear blue, but shift the dichroic glass slightly and the ...  more