It's hard to represent a transparent shade of acrylic on a computer monitor. This is partly because everybody's monitor is slightly different, but also because the material has its own personality, and responds to different light sources in different ways.

Here are some things to be aware of:

• All of our transparent shades are fluorescent, or what is sometimes somewhat confusingly referred to as “neon.” It costs a little more, but we think the extra brightness and “pop” is worth it. So they're actually brighter than what you see on screen.

• Our pink shade is a creative soul. Its polished edges are really more of a dance between pink and orange. It also shifts towards orange when it's in front of a dark background.

• Our blue shade is a pale blue. It's a very light, transparent color. Only on the edges do you see a dense, saturated blue, which defines the shape's contours.

• Our “frost” shade has a cloudy surface. Just like it sounds, it's translucent, not transparent.

• The white and black shades are fully opaque.