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### blendColor()

Examples

    color orange = color(204, 102, 0);
    color blue = color(0, 102, 153);
    color orangeblueadd = blendColor(orange, blue, ADD);
    background(51);
    noStroke();
    fill(orange);
    rect(14, 20, 20, 60);
    fill(orangeblueadd);
    rect(40, 20, 20, 60);
    fill(blue);
    rect(66, 20, 20, 60);

Description | Blends two color values together based on the blending mode given as the MODE parameter. The possible modes are described in the reference for the blend() function.

Syntax

    blendColor(c1, c2, MODE)

Parameters

c1 | color: the first color to blend
c2 | color: the second color to blend
MODE | Either BLEND, ADD, SUBTRACT, DARKEST, LIGHTEST, DIFFERENCE, EXCLUSION, MULTIPLY, SCREEN, OVERLAY, HARD_LIGHT, SOFT_LIGHT, DODGE, or BURN

Returns | float
Usage | Web & Application
Related | blend() color()

Updated on August 30, 2010 04:29:39pm EDT