A nonequilibrium fluid lattice model of concentrated colloidal dispersions is presented to predict the effects of the microstructure, particle interactions, volume fraction (r frequency (~o), and the longest viscoelastic relaxation time on the complex shear viscosity. In addition to the pair interactions between colloidal particles, the many-body interactions between the particles and the equilibrium microstructure have to be included in the analysis. As r approaches a critical value r e, the fluidity of concentrated dispersions slows down drastically. This percolation threshold Ce scales ad (AP) -~ where A and P are related to the repulsive interparticle potential and microstructure, respectively.