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Re: On obscure color conversions.
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:13:53 GMT
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> Transparent: "Capable of transmitting light so that objects and images beyond
> can be clearly perceived."
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> Translucent: "Admitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be
> cleary perceived."
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> So, "transparent red" is accurate, since you can still clearly see through
> it...
Okay, I'll concede to that... but I'm still calling it translucent ;)
J
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 | | Re: On obscure color conversions.
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| (...) That's not the way I learned the difference between transparent and translucent. So, I dug out my mini dictionary and looked 'em up: Transparent: "Capable of transmitting light so that objects and images beyond can be clearly perceived." (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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