Hello everyone, new poster but have been a long time lurker here.

First of all I wanna thank everyone in this forum for the wealth of info and knowledge they provide.I have a question/concern and would appreciate your honest input.

I have a custome piece that i've ordered from TL.It's a SFS 1B with 65-70% density.My question/concern is: shouldn't the lace be transparent especially a super fine swiss lace?? I ask this because the base is not transparent at all,instead it has a light brownish/tan tinge.

I have yet to wear the system and haven't done anything to it other than shampooing it a couple of times with EverPure.
I have attached a couple of pics to illustrate what i mean.

So my questions to you are:

1) Is this normal??!
2) Is there anything I can do to brighten the lace?

Thank You!