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Blend mode

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounCommon term

In graphic design, blend mode means: A rule controlling how an object's colours combine with colours beneath it.

In Turkish: karıştırma modu

How it is used

Distinguish colour-combination rules from simply reducing opacity.

Example sentences

  1. The Multiply blend mode darkened the paper texture over the photograph.

    The resulting colour depends on both upper and lower content.

  2. Changing the blend mode altered the red without changing the layer opacity.

    Colour interaction can change independently of transparency amount.

Common collocations

  • Multiply blend mode
  • change the blend mode
  • layerOne level in a design file that holds its own elements, stacked on top of others like transparent sheets, so each part can be edited, hidden or moved separately.
  • opacityHow solid or see-through an element is, usually set as a percentage: 100% is completely solid and 0% is invisible.

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