Identifying the type of mint. Just to confuse the picture even more, there is a chocolate mint which has purplish stolons. There are, in fact, hundreds of varieties of mint, some of which are commercially grown for oil extraction or for leaf drying, and a lot of which haven't even been given names, being known as Mint 341, etc.
Simply put, watercolor is a painting compound using water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque. Because of the medium itself as well as the paper to which it is applied, watercolor is frequently thought of as a fugitive medium.
Transparent is just as the word describes. Transparent watercolors allow the light to shine through to the watercolor paper and in turn lets the white of the paper reflect back. The colors look clean, crisp, and appear to glow.ransparent is just as the word describes. Transparent watercolors allow the light to shine through to the watercolor paper and in turn lets the white of the paper reflect back. The colors look clean, crisp, and appear to glow.