We call these translucent or semi-transparent. Objects that let no light through are opaque. The closer to the light source an object is, the bigger the shadow will be. This is because the object ...

Light can pass straight through transparent ... glass is translucent. It allows some light to pass through, but images of objects viewed through the frosted glass are not clear. Opaque close ...

The most transparent of the roughly ... its blood to render its body more translucent, hiding nearly 90 percent of its red blood cells inside its opaque liver during its daytime slumber.