Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to:
- Transparency (optics), transmitting light
(Note: Many of the articles listed below use "transparency" metaphorically, meaning that everything is visible, nothing is hidden.)
Transparency may also refer to:
Literal uses
- Transparency (photography), a transparent photograph
- Transparency (projection), for use with an overhead projector
- Electromagnetically induced transparency
Animals and plants
- Fish species:
- White Transparent, a cultivar of apple
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Groups and labels
- Transparency (record label), North America
- Transparent (band), New York, US
Albums
- Transparency, by the Herb Robertson Quintet, 1985
- Transparent, by Coil, 1984
- Transparent, by LaRue 2001
- Transparente, by Mariza, 2005
- Transparence, by Markize, 2007
Songs
- "Transparency", by PartyNextDoor from the 2016 album PartyNextDoor 3
- "Transparent", by Suzi Quatro from album Main Attraction
- "Transparent", by In Flames from the album Reroute to Remain
- "Transparency", by SoFaygo from the album Pink Heartz
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Transparent (book), by Cris Beam
- Transparent (film), a 2005 documentary
- Transparent (TV series), US
Computing and mathematics
- Transparency (data compression), perceptually lossless
- Transparency (human–computer interaction), a change not affecting interface
- Transparency (telecommunication), transmitting signal unchanged
- Alpha compositing, creating apparent transparency
- Image masks in computer graphics
- Transparency (graphic) in image formats
- Transparency (pseudo), in X or X11 Window System
- Location transparency, independence of location
- Order-independent transparency in 3D computer graphics
- Referential transparency, replacing subexpressions without changing the value of the expression
- Security through transparency, security where all except the key is known
Humanities and business
- Transparency (behavior), showing what is done
- Transparency (linguistic)
- Transparency (market), everything known
- Transparency (science), where all is described
- Transparency (trade), clear foreign trade regulations
- Compensation transparency, pay fully disclosed
- Media transparency, open handling of news
- Radical transparency of previously confidential data
Organizations
- Transparency (Guatemala) (Transparencia), a political party
- Transparency International, anti-corruption organization
Other uses
- Transparency (wine), ability of a wine to portray all unique aspects of its flavor
