represents perfect transparency in graphics or style specifications.
Transparent
represents perfect transparency in graphics or style specifications.
Details
- Transparent is equivalent to GrayLevel[0,0].
Examples
Basic Examples (3)
Use Transparent to render a primitive invisible:
{Graphics[{Disk[]}], Graphics[{Transparent, Disk[]}]}Use as column-width regulators in a grid:
Grid[{{Style["xxxx", Transparent], Style["xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", Transparent]}, {1, "one"}, {2, "two"}}, Frame -> All]Get the correct size of an expression, when additional elements are rendered:
Mouseover[Panel[Slider[Dynamic[t]], {0, 1}, {Left}, LabelStyle -> Transparent], Panel[Slider[Dynamic[t]], {0, 1}, {Left, Right}]]{Mouseover[Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}, Ticks -> None], Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}]], Mouseover[Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}, TicksStyle -> Transparent], Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}]]}Related Guides
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), Transparent, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transparent.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "Transparent." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transparent.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). Transparent. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transparent.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_transparent, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Transparent}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transparent.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_transparent, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Transparent}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transparent.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}