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translucent
📅 Updated:2026-03-28
🕒 Created:2011-07-08
🆔 ID:2161
Description
- Transparent is aliased to translucent. Do not confuse with transparent_background.
Translucency is the physical property that allows light to pass through a material diffusely.
Usually refers to translucent clothing: articles of clothing that are 'see-through' to some degree, such as shawls or loincloths (panel 4).
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This tag can also describe characters, like goo creatures and ghosts, or objects, such as balls or Jell-o.
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Based on TWYS, this tag is also used, when the image shows things behind something that by TWYK is actually opaque.
See also
Related forum discussions
topic #23344 – Merging transparent to translucent
topic #23705 – "What about images where only part of the body is translucent?"
topic #23705 – "What about images where only part of the body is translucent?"
