Reichenback question: Opal?

[Kevan]

What does "opal' mean exactly? The black looks black to me. I don't see any "opalescence" there.

[prairieson]

In the hotshop, unless I use a very large cookie, opal black tends to have a somewhat translucent quality to it, could be interpreted as opal. I tend to see it your way though, I think it would be much more appropriately called iris black.

[Kevan]

Oh ok, so it's a reduction glass?

[IF-Designs]

Its usually used to refer to as a opalescent / opaque glass not neseccarily a reduction glass.

[Kevan]

Ok thanks. It's a confusing word.

[Kalera]

In glass, "opal" is generally used to refer to semiopaque colors with a little translucency. For example, most of the Bullseye opaques are opals.

[Kevan]

I have some opal violet and in the rods anyway you can't even see what color it is, it looks black. The Bullseyes do look opaly to me.

[Beadfairy]

Hi Kevan,

it looks like silver plum without that slicky oil shining on it.
You will get a silver shining that looks very nice. Thats got nothing to do
with "Opal" in any way.
I have a large order standing out there, I will ask them in Reichenbach why it's called Opal Black. Now it is interesting me, too ;-)

Have a nice day!
Karin

[prairieson]

Its usually used to refer to as a opalescent / opaque glass not neseccarily a reduction glass.

No, but in this case, Reichenbach black opal does reduce.