# How to get a Semi transparent sphere in Makie?

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**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-a-semi-transparent-sphere-in-makie/117944 "2024-08-08T07:50:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-a-semi-transparent-sphere-in-makie/117944/2 "2024-08-08T09:33:14Z")

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You can pass `alpha = x` and `transparency = true` when you call `surface`:

```julia
fig, ax, plt = surface(sx,sy,sz,color = fill(:red, n, n),invert_normals=true,alpha=0.5,transparency=true)
meshscatter!(ax, sx[1:10:end], sy[1:10:end], sz[1:10:end], color = :blue)
fig

```

or just add `transparency=true` if you pass the alpha value to the colour:

```julia
fig, ax, plt = surface(
  sx,sy,sz,
  color = fill((:red,0.5), n, n),invert_normals=true,transparency=true)
meshscatter!(ax, sx[1:10:end], sy[1:10:end], sz[1:10:end], color = :blue)
fig

```

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