the way you see light through an opaque glass

[alpacinou]

How would you describe the way you see light through an opaque glass?

Maybe this photo will help you better understand what I mean:



I looked at the opaque window of the room. Light from the street outside ...

 

[tedmc]

The window is not opaque; it is transluscent. You see blurred/fuzzy images of the scenes outside.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Right. Opaque means no light passes through.

 

[alpacinou]

Right. Opaque means no light passes through.

Okay. What can I say now?

I looked at the translucent window of the room. Light from the street outside ...

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Okay. What can I say now?

I looked at the translucent window of the room. Light from the street outside ...

That works. You can also call it frosted. You don't need "of the room."

 

[alpacinou]

That works. You can also call it frosted. You don't need "of the room."

I need something to complete the sentence, though:

I looked at the translucent window. Light from the street outside appeared like a circular blur, splashed on the glass.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I need something to complete the sentence, though:

I looked at the translucent window. Light from the street outside appeared like a circular blur, splashed on the glass.

The reader will know you're looking and will know the street is outside. Something like these would be more to the point:

- The street light splashed on the translucent window, a circular blur.

- A light from the street splashed on the translucent window in a circular blur.

- Street lights made circular blurs on the translucent window.