Separate surface for animation

You can assign an object color and a transparency (as a %) to the elements. The program then uses these settings to display the elements in views of the Animation and RTRender types, regardless of the settings for these view types. For all other view types, the program uses the format properties of the elements.
For 3D elements derived from these elements, the program uses the current settings on the Format toolbar.

Transparency as a % defines the percentage of light that can pass through a surface.

The higher the transparency, the weaker the material color.
The equation is color as a percentage + transparency as a percentage = 100%.
For example: white material with a transparency setting of 0% is white, but if you increase the transparency to 50%, it will become gray. White material with a transparency setting of 100% has no color.

Colors of textures you select in the Color area automatically get a transparent color or texture. A transparent texture behaves like a diapositive: red areas only let red light pass through; white areas let any light through. Black absorbs all light, thus preventing light from passing through. The lighter a pixel in the transparency map, the more transparent the area of the surface.

Select the color for the material in the Color palette.

The object reflects diffused light in the selected color.