The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

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p. 283

आभाति शुक्लमिव लोहितमिवाथो कृष्णमथार्जुनं काद्रवं वा ।

In plain words

It shines out looking white, then looking red, then black, then silver-pale, or tawny brown.

Close to the Sanskrit

It shines forth as if white, as if red, and then black, then silvery-pale, or tawny brown.