To make something opaque = opaquen?
To make something opaque is to 'opaquen'?
How about to make something transparent? Is it 'transparentize'?
Edit 1
This is for a computer code library that manipulates colors. I have verbs to describe the actions like Brighten
and Saturate
, but I also want to find a nice words to describe making something more or less opaque.
Solution 1:
There's opacify:
to cause to become opaque.
It sounds a bit awkward/made up, but the meaning is unambiguous.
Make transparent is more difficult. Clarify could work in certain limited contexts, but not in yours, I think. Unfortunately, I think a multi-word construction such as SetTransparency is your only choice here.
Solution 2:
Translucent is between opaque and transparent, so... Translucify?
(As a bonus, it sounds bad-ass, like an album from a band called Translucifer!)