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In light of the recent Jefferson Laboratory (JLab) data for the nuclear <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>12</mn></msup><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>e</mi><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>′</mo></msup><mi>p</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> transparencies, calculations, obtained in a relativistic multiple scattering Glauber approximation, are discussed. The shell-separated <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>12</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>C transparencies are shown and it is concluded that the <i>p</i>-shell nucleons are 75% more transparent than the <i>s</i>-shell ones. The presented comparisons between the calculations made here and the current <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>12</mn></msup><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>e</mi><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>′</mo></msup><mi>p</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> data show no clear indication for the onset of color transparency when implemented within the color diffusion model with standard parameters.