Stained Glass Colours

[Explorer-8]

I have bought some stained glass window panes for the small sections of my main front windows. The green parts are too vivid and don't match with my decor. I didn't know that it would have this effect. Is it possible to have just those green parts taken out, restained to a lighter colour, then placed back into the same window panes?

[pastafreak]

Assuming it is actual stained glass,the colour is part of the glass and cannot be made lighter. You could take the panels to a stained glass artist,and it may be possible to have the offending coloured pieces removed and replaced. This will require re-leading. TBH,I don't have enough knowledge of the construction of leaded/stained glass to say if this is possible. It may depend on whether it is modern or older glass.

[The Builder]

If it's "proper" stained leaded lights, then any piece can usually be removed and replaced by opening up the lead channels.

I've had to do this a few times to replace broken ones in churches.

[Jennykenny]

Go to a craft shop like Hobbycraft.
They have 'cellophane' A4 sized (possibly bigger) sheets and you can cut to fit. I would pick either blue or yellow on top of the green and it will give it a different shade. They're not expensive and you can play around until you get a colour that you like.
You just have to work out what to stick it on with. Ask in the shop?

[Explorer-8]

Thanks. My window panes are modern. I had them put in recently to replace old ones that were sweating inside and had lost their colour.

[atalanta]

Look on the Internet for Fablon. You can get all colours and many textures, including transparent and semi-transparent. This has the added advantage of being sticky-backed. You could buy a light grey semi-transparent plastic film, maybe and even try two or more layers.