effloresce

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Standing in front of the mural’s various sections causes them to effloresce with color which in turn unlocks a door at the end of the chamber.

From Washington Post

Two decades later the image would effloresce in the story/novella “Cousins”:

From New York Times

As the humidity decreases again, the salts effloresce, releasing the water vapor back into the atmosphere.

From Scientific American

A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

From Project Gutenberg

It is thought to derive its character of luxuriant productiveness from a portion of salt intimately blended with its constituents, which, from its tendency to effloresce in a warm sun, renders the compound peculiarly friable.

From Project Gutenberg