From: ragfield on
On Dec 10, 3:58 am, "Nasser M. Abbasi" <n...(a)12000.org> wrote:
> I have found how to do it. The trick is to use Opacity[.5,Blue] and NOT
> {Opacity[0.5], Blue}

That is one shortcut that will work. The more full featured way to go
is to use Directive[Opacity[0.5], Blue].

-Rob