In the printing world they often "Screen" text...

The results, depending on screen density, is dark text will appear lighter
in color... but it is not the same as simply changing blue to light blue...

A screen would block any color from the paper in certain area's and let the
full color print in others...

Much like if you took screen wire and put it between the printing press and
the paper...

Pagemaker and such allow you to apply a screen to text or whatever... can
you do the same in Word?

thanks for any help - Will