Blend mode options.
Static Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| COLOR | Creates a color with the luminance of the base color and the hue and saturation of the blend color. Note: Preserves gray levels and is useful for coloring monochrome images or tinting color images. Creates the inverse effect of the luminosity blend mode. |
| COLOR_BURN | Darkens the base color to reflect the blend color. Note: Blending with white produces no change. |
| COLOR_DODGE | Brightens the base color to reflect the blend color. Note: Blending with pure black produces no change. |
| DARKEN | Selects the darker of the base or blend colors as the resulting color; replaces areas lighter than the blend color but does not change areas darker than the blend color. |
| DIFFERENCE | Subtracts either the blend color from the base color or vice versa, depending on which has the greater brightness value. Note: Blending with white inverts the base color values; blending with black produces no change. |
| EXCLUSION | Creates an effect similar to--but lower in contrast than--the difference blend mode. Note: Blending with white inverts the base color values; blending with black produces no change |
| HARD_LIGHT | For blend colors lighter than 50% gray, lightens the artwork as if it were screened; for blend colors darker than 50% gray, darkens the artwork as if it were multiplied. Note: Painting with pure black or white results in pure black or white. |
| HUE | Creates a color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color. |
| LIGHTEN | Selects the lighter of the base or blend colors as the resulting color; replaces areas darker than the blend color but does not change areas lighter than the blend color |
| LUMINOSITY | Creates a color with the hue and saturation of the base color and the luminance of the blend color. Note: Creates the inverse effect of the color blend mode. |
| MULTIPLY | Multiplies the base color by the blend color, resulting in a darker color. Note: Multiplying with black produces black; multiplying with white leaves the color unchanged. |
| NORMAL | Colors the object with the blend color, without interaction with the base color. |
| OVERLAY | Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the base color; patterns or colors overlay the existing artwork, preserving base color highlights and shadows while mixing in the blend color to reflect the lightness or darkness of the original color. |
| SATURATION | Creates a color with the luminance and hue of the base color and the saturation of the blend color. Note: Does not change areas with no saturation (0% gray). |
| SCREEN | Multiplies the inverse of the blend and base colors, resulting in a lighter color. Note: Screening with white produces white; screening with black leaves the color unchanged. |
| SOFT_LIGHT | For blend colors lighter than 50% gray, lightens the artwork as if it were dodged; for blend colors darker than 50% gray, darkens the artwork as if it were burned. Note: Painting with pure black or white produces a distinctly darker or lighter area, but does not result in pure black or white. |