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Additive manufacturing has undergone significant development over the past decade and is becoming increasingly prevalent in manufacturing. Additive printing technologies facilitate the expeditious and straightforward fabrication of prototypes and components for a range of applications, which can be utilised across diverse industrial sectors. A substantial corpus of studies has been amassed in scientific databases, examining the mechanical, chemical, and physical properties of 3D printing materials. However, information regarding their optical properties and characteristics remains limited. The present article presents measurements of the total light transmittance of various 3D-printed samples. The samples exhibit variation in terms of colour and thickness. The samples were produced using the same machine, the same material, and identical manufacturing parameters. The additive manufacturing technology that has been selected for further investigation is Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). Each test sample was measured 30 times at varying light source intensities, and the results were subjected to a normal distribution test. A thorough analysis of the measurement results was conducted, and the resulting data were presented in tabular and graphical formats.