nedyarb Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 I am new to painting, I am curious what the deal is with opaque and translucent colors. How are they different than regular paint. I am looking at createx colors, and wondering if I should try them. Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Opaque colors suspend pigment in a solid base. Transparent colors suspend pigment in a clear base. In practice, there is overlap between the two. A light spray of opaque will show the color underneath it, but not as much as a light spray of transparent. On the other hand, a heavy spray of transparent will cover an underlying color as well as a medium spray of opaque. I tend to use opaques for my base colors like white, neon yellow, and black, and transparent for everything else, which I sometimes want to layer for intermediate color effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnie3035 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 What Bob is saying is opaques are solid non-see through colors. Transparents are just that you can see through them somewhat. Sort of like a thinned down version of the opaque but better to use for fading. About the only opaque colors I use are white & black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
