What happens if salt is added to a nearly dry watercolour layer?

Correct answer: The texture effect will be very weak

Salt creates a visible watercolour pattern only when the painted surface contains enough moisture for the crystals to draw water and move dissolved pigment. On a nearly dry layer, there is too little liquid movement, so the salt cannot produce strong blooms or star-like marks. Option D is correct: the texture effect will be weak. The paint will not vanish, the paper will not become transparent, and dark spots are not the expected governing result.