Raleigh
...I really do not know why you seem to look for fault in anything I seem to
try to help others with...do not contradict or impune my profession/experience.
The many, many years I have devoted to the practice and teaching of
architecture, art, design, graphics and basics of photography not to mention
enginnering, design and specifications on many types of construction and
building types.
The operative word is "TRANSLUCENT", yes there are "OPAQUE" pigments used in
any kind of paint you can imagine, and sometimes used purposely to
cover/block/change the appearence of a surface. If one purposly wanted to us
"OPAQUE" paint to block out light through a window/skylight or "TRANSPARENT"
surface, this is fine!
However, in "most" cases the reason a skylight/window/transparent surface is
used, is precisely to ALLOW light to enter, sometimes with no interference =
"TRANSPARENT", sometimes with a "filtering", "diffusion", "coloring" =
TRANSLUCENT"
The word "OPAQUE" basically refers to a condition that is not able to be
penetrated (in this case-light cannot penetrate).
The word "TRANSLUCENT" refers to a condition that allows penetration (of light)
with a"filter" or "medium" (in this case transparent white paint)..trans =
through; lucent = light!
(an example would be parts of a stained glass windows)
The word "TRANSPARENT" refers to a condition of full penetration (of light)
with, nothing blocking (in case of glass - seeing through); trans = through,
parent = clear!
NOT exact translations of Latin/Greek etc., more directed towards teaching
university, architecture, art and photography students about, characteristics
of light, color and characteristics of materials, surfaces and interaction with
light, penetrating through and reflecting off of surfaces.
Please note that I used the word "TRANSLUCENT"....meaning in this specific case
of skylights in a building, allowing light through!
For clarification, and for those that did not catch the post that led to the
below comments, the previous post, was answering a list members question about
skylights in a building and should it have white paint or clear glass
At 08:09 PM 9/8/2008, Trains wrote:
>Bob, anything goes generally...all you mentioned are done on real bldings.
>
>As far as skylights, paintig with a white translucent type paint
>served to ditribute light more evenly and cut down on the "burn" and
>color fading properties of full sunlight. Most of the time this
>glass was also wire safety glass, with a criss-cross pattern. Some
>of the things like size location and type of openings in buildings
>are determined by: building structure (Columns/piers/floors etc.),
>local building codes/areas where built and the "architectural"
>design (if any).Fier escapes can take on many forms and be
>stacked,staggered,random...etc.
>
>Peter Loeb, Archtect -retired, registerd previously in Texas and Colorado
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