# Transparent with Shading

**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/transparent-with-shading/28457
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [June 17, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/transparent-with-shading/28457 "2026-06-17T08:04:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Ali\_Wahbi](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/ali_wahbi/32/24148_2.png) [@Ali\_Wahbi](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Ali_Wahbi)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/transparent-with-shading/28457/1 "2026-06-17T08:04:11Z")

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When drawing with **Transparent color** in **normal brush** , it works like the eraser tool. That’s fine and useful.

But when drawing with **Transparent color** in **shading brush,** it doesn’t work. Even though no other color is selected for shading (it works when selecting Transparent with any other color).

Any idea what the issue is or how to fix it?

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### Author: ![Lunathir](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/lunathir/32/6067_2.png) [@Lunathir](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Lunathir)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/transparent-with-shading/28457/2 "2026-06-18T03:10:35Z")

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Not a bug, rather just a quirk with the shading brush. Select your transparent color and the colors you want to remove with it. The shading brush only works on colors selected in the palette specifically.