The invention relates to the technical field of metal surface passivating treatment, in particular to a zinc layer trivalent chromium iridescent passivation treating fluid used under normal temperature and a usage method thereof. Based on calculation per liter, the zinc layer trivalent chromium iridescent passivation treating fluid consists of 15-20g of chromium trichloride, 5-10g of sodium nitrate, 8-15g of propane diacid, 15-20g of citric acid, 5-10g of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, 8-15g of thiourea, 0.8-1.5g of ferrous sulfate, 0.6-1.0g of cerium sulfate and the balance of deionized water.Under a continuous stirring condition, the chromium trichloride is dissolved in a part of the deionized water, the sodium nitrate, the propane diacid, the citric acid, the sodium dihydrogen phosphateand the thiourea are sequentially added and fully dissolved, the cerium sulfate is added and stirred to completely dissolve, the ferrous sulfate and the remaining deionized water are added, and the zinc layer trivalent chromium iridescent passivation treating fluid is obtained after standing. The zinc layer trivalent chromium iridescent passivation treating fluid has the characteristics of being capable of performing normal temperature treatment, simple and convenient, easy to control, stable and the like, and a colored passive film bright, uniform and compact, and good in corrosion resistancecan be obtained by passivating an encapsulated galvanized sample under the condition that PH (potential of hydrogen) value is 2.2 in a laboratory.