  Using computer simulations of two charged colloidal spheres with their
counterions in a hard sphere solvent, we show that the granular nature of the
solvent significantly influences the effective colloidal interaction. For
divalent counterions, the total effective force can become attractive generated
by counterion hydration, while for monovalent counterions the forces are
repulsive and well-described by a solvent-induced colloidal charge
renormalization. Both effects are not contained in the traditional "primitive"
approaches but can be accounted for in a solvent-averaged primitive model.
