Holographic textile fiber

A textile fabric comprising:

• a plurality of holographic fibers that selectively absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light, the plurality of holographic fibers characterized as including a central core and a plurality of layers of an optical media having differing indices of refraction thereby forming a multi-layer interference coating overcoating the central core, the plurality of layers of an optical media characterized as selectively reflecting particular wavelengths of light while transmitting differing wavelengths of light, thereby generating a plurality of interference patterns that form a holographic optical image as a result of an incident light.

A textile fabric comprising:

• a plurality of holographic fibers that selectively absorb and reflect light, the plurality of holographic fibers characterized as including a central core including one of a light transmitting material, a light absorbing material, a light reflecting material, and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material and a plurality of layers of an optical media, each layer having differing indices of refraction thereby forming a multi-layer interference coating overcoating the central core, the plurality of layers of an optical media characterized as selectively reflecting particular wavelengths of light while transmitting differing wavelengths of light, thereby generating a plurality of interference patterns that form a holographic optical image as a result of an incident light.