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There are two grey sequences, light and dark and there is some light in the dark sequence and some dark in the light sequence but light and dark are predominantly light or dark and the order they appear is a fixed loop. I originally used a scatter of the greys but that just makes for a random sparkling of colour. What these lastest ones are is one colour on the left of a "blade" and another on the right side

I tried a couple different variations that did not appear to sequence in order so did not give the effect of spinning but the one I am using now does...sort of.. but there is no way to make the whole thing a "little" lighter

So.......I am already using the lighter series. WYSIWYG

There is a couple more things I can try but what I am trying to avoid is something so obvious it is distracting because anything new like this is a novelty..... what I don't want is it to become an annoyance after awhile so subtle is my aim

What you say is contradictory as in "the rotors seem a little too "bold" possibly.".....and "f they were a "little" lighter if they would present more of an "illusion" of movement"

The only way to make them less bold would be to make them darker not lighter and I could try using the dark series but then I suspect they would blend into the background more but that might depend on what terrain they are superimposed on.... making something that works with snow, desert sand and green is the real trick