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Stained-glass windows, like this detail on the left, are very colorful, but each area of color is separated by strips of dark metal. In the detail on the right, colors are not separated by metal but are layered on top of each other and blended together. (Click the detail on the left to see the whole image of the stained-glass window.)

 
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