Hi FlashPlan1,
We are sorry to hear that you are facing issue while using components,
Here is the workaround for the above mentioned issue, the steps are:
1. create a component( don't add color/ image/numbers)
2. drag the instance's from the assets panel / By using short cut key CTRL+ D you can create an instances
3. now add the color to the component.
4. in edit mode of the master component, change the opacity property of the master component, the changed opacity is propogated to all the instance present on the canvas.
Regards,
Ashwini M Hiremath.
Okay, that workaround does sort of work.
Here is what was happening and I think it may help others out there:
I was applying the transparency to the master component element as an appearance attribute, using the slider in the inspector (shown below). Applying transparency in this way to a component does not translate to instances.

In order for this to work, the transparency of the color needs to be applied in the color picker of the component element (shown below). When applied in this way, those changes DO propogate to the instances.
