Hi Jamey, if you look at the quick photos I just shot, the colored layers are very translucent, the Red is just wrong to be Venetian. The Green beads of this type are the same but the inner 2 layers have "crossed over" at points giving a 7 layer look, they are all technically 6 layers. It also appears as if they were dragged through the dirt to give that "antique" look. Oh and the perforations have been drilled rather than pulled.