design
janjirasun, semi-transparent pages over opaque ones
Post by janjira (@janjirasun), 2026-10-24
What it is, and who made it
Four photos of printed matter where translucent sheets lie over opaque ones: numbered colour bands, yellow vellum over pages, a translucent cover, large overlapping coloured characters.
Parts, layer by layer
- Sheets: translucent printed layers over opaque print (O).
- Type: large numerals and characters in overlapping colours (O).
- Palette: #e2e3e5, #c7c4ca, #969bae (M); spectral slope 1.69 (M).
- Fluid reading: opacity; additives text and light; layering.
The framework behind it
Layer as context: the translucent page adds meaning to what lies under it without hiding it. The same sheet model as Pink Noise.
The same idea in distant fields
- Anatomical overlays.
- Tracing paper in architecture.
- Subtitles over film.
Dual edge
Layers can bury a source under its gloss; keep the source sheet reachable.
Measured
Image 1
- #e2e3e5 21%
- #c8c6cb 21%
- #969cae 20%
- #070705 19%
- #dab29d 16%
- #706054 3%
- Mean saturation
- 0.18
- Contrast
- 0.94
- Edge density
- 0.054
- Dominant wavelength
- 0.006
- Edge softness
- 4.31
Image 2
- #e2e3e5 22%
- #c7c4ca 22%
- #969bae 19%
- #070705 19%
- #dbb29b 15%
- #716053 3%
- Mean saturation
- 0.177
- Contrast
- 0.94
- Edge density
- 0.054
- Dominant wavelength
- 0.006
- Edge softness
- 4.41
Image 3
- #deddd4 28%
- #a6944f 17%
- #d4c15d 16%
- #f4e242 15%
- #dbcd82 12%
- #78632c 11%
- Mean saturation
- 0.424
- Contrast
- 0.625
- Edge density
- 0.025
- Dominant wavelength
- 0.085
- Edge softness
- 5.04
Image 4
- #899094 25%
- #a9b2b5 20%
- #f0f5f8 20%
- #c4d1d6 12%
- #e0eaed 11%
- #5e534b 11%
- Mean saturation
- 0.129
- Contrast
- 0.786
- Edge density
- 0.015
- Dominant wavelength
- 0.039
- Edge softness
- 12.71
Image 5
- #ccc1be 21%
- #d9d1cc 21%
- #f2f0ed 17%
- #c78063 17%
- #e5dfdb 14%
- #cba798 11%
- Mean saturation
- 0.155
- Contrast
- 0.525
- Edge density
- 0.005
- Dominant wavelength
- 0.125
- Edge softness
- 19.86
Concepts
- air
- city architecture
- data
- dispersion
- glass
- gloss reflectance
- law overprint absorption
- layering
- light
- noise as signal
- opacity
- overprint
- paper
- reading order
- ribbon
- saturation hue
- type
- water
- witness transparency