![]() When paints consist of a mixture of pigments, opaque pigments will usually override transparent ones and the mixture will be opaque. ![]() ![]() The term semi-transparent describes paints that show a balance of opacity and transparency. Most paints fall somewhere between completely opaque and completely transparent. Paints are rarely perfectly opaque or transparent. Learning about and observing the opacity or transparency of paints enables artists to have greater command over techniques like glazing, layering, optical color mixing, or avoiding pentimento, a bothersome effect where paint becomes more transparent as it dries, revealing what’s underneath. Transparent (or translucent) paints allow more light to pass through them. Opaque paints are more reflective (not to be confused with “shiny”). The opacity, or hiding strength, of a paint describes how it interacts with light.
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