U g I n f o r d e s I g n e r s

partitions meet the outside box
and
at the base of the box are darker. This is because the 
thickness of the object changes and the light travel distance changes also. So the degree of light 
absorption varies. To create this kind of material, you have to check the Translucency option under the 
Refraction.
Translucency.skp
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Check the Translucent box under Translucency first. 
Thickness is for control of light pass through the object, the 
unit for this is unclear. Keep these three settings as default. 
Other items required to change include:
Many rendering engines use Sub-Surface Scattering (SSS) to create this kind
of
material
. 
This material 
is good for creating things like: wax, skin, milk, cheese, plastic and jade which all have a little 
translucency
in
it
.
Translucency is created by absorbing light to the object
'
s surface so the color of the object will show 
up a little darker than its original color. If you still think that it
'
s too dark even though the original 
color is
set
to
the
highest
Val 255, the best way to fix it is increasing the intensity of your light in the 
scene.
Below are some examples.
1. Double-Sided must be unchecked so the light can get 
through to the inside of the object. This setting is 
extremely important
2. Change the IOR to 1
3. Decrease the Refraction Glossiness to a value below 1
4. Do not use white color for the Transparency
because
that
will
turn
the
object
to
completely
transparent
and
become 
dark after rendered due to absorb
too
much
light
. 
Do
not
use
black
color
, 
either
. 
That
will
not
allow
light
get
through
the
object
at
all
. 
Pick
a
color
anywhere
between
Val
80~150 
will
give
you
the
best
result
.