Laser on glass with a 5w

recently i started to mess around with glass. After watching many videos on you tube I gave glass a shot. On my first try i got a good engrave or etch. i started with a flat glass panel from a picture frame and use a gray primer spray paint. I know mostly everyone uses black but gray is what i had on hand. am i getting the gray color because of the paint. I’ve lowered the power and speed each time getting the same result. I am still a toddler with lasers. any suggestions would be appreciated. I plan to go get black paint and try again and see but want to ask.
1st try image is dark gray snoopy

2nd try same gray G

3rd try also gray Flag and cross

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so i figured out that the black/gray is caused from the gray primer spray paint i used. i tried green chalk acrylic paint and got the frosted white i had wanted. speed and power where the same in both trials. speed @ 57.5 in m and 90.0 power.