# BlendMode Enum

> The blend mode used for painting objects.

- Product: Adobe PDF Library 21
- Language: Java
- Version: APDFL21.0.0PlusP1f
- HTML page: https://docs.datalogics.com/apdfl21/Java/APDFL21.0.0PlusP1f/enum/BlendMode
- Version index: https://docs.datalogics.com/apdfl21/Java/APDFL21.0.0PlusP1f/llms.txt

**Namespace:** `com::datalogics::PDFL`

## Description

The blend mode used for painting objects.

## Values

- `COLOR`: Creates a color with the hue and saturation of the source color and the luminosity of the backdrop color.
- `COLOR_BURN`: Darken the backdrop color to reflect the source color.
- `COLOR_DODGE`: Brighten the backdrop color to reflect the source color.
- `COMPATIBLE`: No longer needed but still recognized; equivalent to the Normal blend mode.
- `DARKEN`: Selects the darker of the backdrop or source colors.
- `DIFFERENCE`: Subtracts the darker of the two constituent colors from the lighter color.
- `EXCLUSION`: Similar to the Difference mode, but lower in contrast.
- `HARD_LIGHT`: Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the source color value.
- `HUE`: Creates a color with the hue of the source color and the saturation and luminosity of the background color.
- `LIGHTEN`: Selects the lighter of the backdrop or source colors.
- `LUMINOSITY`: Creates a color with the luminosity of the source color and the hue and saturation of the backdrop color.
- `MULTIPLY`: Multiplies the source color and the backdrop color. This means that the color will always be at least as dark as the constituent colors. If either the source object or the backdrop is black, the color will be black.
- `NORMAL`: Selects the source color, or the color in the graphics object, and ignores the backdrop.
- `OVERLAY`: Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the backdrop color value. Source colors overlay the backdrop while preserving highlights and shadows. The backdrop color is mixed with the source color to reflect the lightness or darkness of the backdrop.
- `SATURATION`: Creates a color with the saturation of the source color and the hue and luminosity of the backdrop color.
- `SCREEN`: Multiplies the complements of the source color and the backdrop, and then complements the result. The result is always as light as either of the constituent colors.
- `SOFT_LIGHT`: Darkens or lightens the colors, depending on the source color value.
- `UNKNOWN`: The blend mode is not recognized or could not be determined.