translucencies
Light-passing material qualities
Translucencies is the plural of translucency—the quality of allowing light to pass through without being fully transparent.
The word appears in discussions of materials, art, and design: The translucencies of the glass panels created soft, diffused lighting throughout the gallery.
It can also refer to multiple instances or degrees of this quality: different translucencies in the layered fabrics.
State of being see-through
- diaphanousnessDelicate, light-permitting quality
- sheernessThinness letting light through
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- clarityState of being understandable
pellucidity · limpidity · clearness · transmittance · visibility · permeability · glassiness · crystallinity
Transparent solid from sand
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- organzaSheer, crisp dress fabric
- chiffonDelicate transparent textile
voile · gauze · muslin · alabaster · onyx · opal · jellyfish · membrane
Lightness beyond physical
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- luminousnessQuality of emitting light
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
dreaminess · otherworldliness · airiness · lightness · refinement · elegance · daintiness · evanescence
Covering part of another
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- depthDistance below surface
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- veilingConcealing with covering
screening · filtering · superimposition · lamination · glazing · washes · build-up · accumulation
transparency
State of being see-through
- diaphanousnessDelicate, light-permitting quality
- sheernessThinness letting light through
- see-throughAllowing vision through
clarity · pellucidity · limpidity · clearness · transmittance · visibility · permeability · glassiness · crystallinity · lucency
glass
Transparent solid from sand
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- organzaSheer, crisp dress fabric
chiffon · voile · gauze · muslin · alabaster · onyx · opal · jellyfish · membrane · film
ethereality
Lightness beyond physical
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- luminousnessQuality of emitting light
softness · dreaminess · otherworldliness · airiness · lightness · refinement · elegance · daintiness · evanescence · mistiness
overlapping
Covering part of another
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- depthDistance below surface
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
veiling · screening · filtering · superimposition · lamination · glazing · washes · build-up · accumulation · stratification
translucenciesopacities
States of being nontransparent
opacity · transparencies · clarities · solidities · limpidness
translucenciesopacities
States of being nontransparent
obscurities · murkiness · obfuscations · concealments · hiddenness
lucid, translucent, illumination, elucidate, lucidity, lucent, translucence, translucency, lucifer