From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Color
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Seeing through color: Opaque, translucent, and transparent
From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Color
Seeing through color: Opaque, translucent, and transparent
- Light allows us to see color and it also allows us to see through color. Light can pass through a stained glass, partially through a frosted piece of glass, and not at all through ceramic tile. When making images, color can be transparent, where light passes through the colors to the color underneath, making them clearly visible. Color can be translucent, where light is partially passing through to the color underneath, making it partially visible. Or, color can be opaque, where light is not passing through to the color underneath, making it invisible. Knowing the differences between each of these is vital in working on an image, because using all three can help establish a form, create a sense of space, and enhance the interest and complexity of a color. Here we see a ground of acrylic burnt sienna that is transparent. You can see the white of the paper underneath. If I layer pthalo blue on top of it, light passes through the two colors, and the resulting color is neutral green. If…
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