A no transparency half black and half grey, B transparent circle on top of grey and black, C transparent dark grey & lighter grey field, on top of background with a circle, D white circle over grey and black with no transparency, E dark transparent circle on top of grey and black, F the top layer is transparent with a hole, the background is half dark and half light grey, G no transparency: a hole is cut in the grey and black revealing white underneath, H transparency is expected, I transparency is not expected. (Watkins, 2021) Copyright 2021 Julie Watkins.

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... Nakayama, Shimojo & Ramachandran 1990: 501) Transparency shows that there is depth: that something is in front of something else, but because the something is not opaque and does not fully occlude what is behind there can be many interpretations of the scene (Figure 1). We tend to interpret a scene with a transparent object in the foreground, but in an image it may well be that a full layer is transparent. ...