i dont know if this is possible...but is there a way where i can get the interior of my left side modules like...filtered colors? or like see through colors? if so, thankssss

yeah... you can with CSS...

<style type="text/css">
table.left TD {
/* on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */
background-image: url(http://url.com/to/the/site/image.gif);
background-color: #FFFFFF;
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
border: none;
}
</style>