SkBlendMode Reference === # Blend Mode ## Overview

Topic	Description
Constants	enum and enum class, and their const values
Functions	global and class member functions
Related Functions	similar member functions grouped together

## Member Function SkBlendMode member functions read and modify the structure properties.

Topic	Description
SkBlendMode Name	returns mode as C string

## Constant SkBlendMode related constants are defined by enum, enum class, #define, const, and constexpr.

Topic	Description
SkBlendMode	algorithm combining source and destination pixels
SkBlendMode::kClear	replaces destination with zero: fully transparent
SkBlendMode::kColor	hue and saturation of source with luminosity of destination
SkBlendMode::kColorBurn	darken destination to reflect source
SkBlendMode::kColorDodge	brighten destination to reflect source
SkBlendMode::kDarken	darker of source and destination
SkBlendMode::kDifference	subtract darker from lighter with higher contrast
SkBlendMode::kDst	preserves destination
SkBlendMode::kDstATop	destination inside source blended with source
SkBlendMode::kDstIn	destination trimmed by source
SkBlendMode::kDstOut	destination trimmed outside source
SkBlendMode::kDstOver	destination over source
SkBlendMode::kExclusion	subtract darker from lighter with lower contrast
SkBlendMode::kHardLight	multiply or screen, depending on source
SkBlendMode::kHue	hue of source with saturation and luminosity of destination
SkBlendMode::kLastCoeffMode	last Porter Duff blend mode
SkBlendMode::kLastMode	last valid value
SkBlendMode::kLastSeparableMode	last blend mode operating separately on components
SkBlendMode::kLighten	lighter of source and destination
SkBlendMode::kLuminosity	luminosity of source with hue and saturation of destination
SkBlendMode::kModulate	product of Premultiplied colors; darkens destination
SkBlendMode::kMultiply	multiply source with destination, darkening image
SkBlendMode::kOverlay	multiply or screen, depending on destination
SkBlendMode::kPlus	sum of colors
SkBlendMode::kSaturation	saturation of source with hue and luminosity of destination
SkBlendMode::kScreen	multiply inverse of pixels, inverting result; brightens destination
SkBlendMode::kSoftLight	lighten or darken, depending on source
SkBlendMode::kSrc	replaces destination
SkBlendMode::kSrcATop	source inside destination blended with destination
SkBlendMode::kSrcIn	source trimmed inside destination
SkBlendMode::kSrcOut	source trimmed outside destination
SkBlendMode::kSrcOver	source over destination
SkBlendMode::kXor	each of source and destination trimmed outside the other

Describes how destination pixel is replaced with a combination of itself and source pixel. Blend Mode may use source, destination, or both. Blend Mode may operate on each Color component independently, or may allow all source pixel components to contribute to one destination pixel component. Blend Mode does not use adjacent pixels to determine the outcome. Blend Mode uses source and read destination Alpha to determine written destination Alpha; both source and destination Alpha may also affect written destination Color components. Regardless of how Alpha is encoded in source and destination pixel, nearly all Color Types treat it as ranging from zero to one. And, nearly all Blend Mode algorithms limit the output so that all results are also zero to one. Two exceptions are SkBlendMode::kPlus and kRGBA_F16_SkColorType. SkBlendMode::kPlus permits computing Alpha and Color component values larger than one. For Color Types other than kRGBA_F16_SkColorType, resulting Alpha and component values are clamped to one. kRGBA_F16_SkColorType permits values outside the zero to one range. It is up to the client to ensure that the result is within the range of zero to one, and therefore well-defined. ## Porter Duff Compositing Digital Images describes Porter Duff modes SkBlendMode::kClear through SkBlendMode::kXor. Drawing a bitmap with transparency using Porter Duff compositing is free to clear the destination. ![Porter_Duff](https://fiddle.skia.org/i/8c27fb2a58f63505cffa74c1c79e16ba_raster.png "") Draw geometry with transparency using Porter Duff compositing does not combine transparent source pixels, leaving the destination outside the geometry untouched. ![Porter_Duff](https://fiddle.skia.org/i/50ebbb0162bbf60524a196236d66c915_raster.png "") ## Lighten Darken Modes SkBlendMode::kPlus and SkBlendMode::kScreen use simple arithmetic to lighten or darken the destination. Modes SkBlendMode::kOverlay through SkBlendMode::kMultiply use more complicated algorithms to lighten or darken; sometimes one mode does both, as described by Blend Modes . ![Lighten_Darken](https://fiddle.skia.org/i/8e04f89252632da0fffe713f07f2296f_raster.png "") ## Modulate Blend SkBlendMode::kModulate is a mashup of SkBlendMode::kSrcATop and SkBlendMode::kMultiply. It multiplies all components, including Alpha; unlike SkBlendMode::kMultiply, if either source or destination is transparent, result is transparent. SkBlendMode::kModulate uses Premultiplied values to compute the product; SkBlendMode::kMultiply uses Unpremultiplied values to compute the product. ![Modulate_Blend](https://fiddle.skia.org/i/d8abdd8fb56f9e69342d745d425c4a17_raster.png "") ## Color Blends Modes SkBlendMode::kHue, SkBlendMode::kSaturation, SkBlendMode::kColor, and SkBlendMode::kLuminosity convert source and destination pixels using all components color information, using non-separable blend modes . ![Color_Blends](https://fiddle.skia.org/i/03710c1770728da885fa4ac24a19d5d1_raster.png "") ## Enum SkBlendMode

    enum class SkBlendMode {
        kClear,
        kSrc,
        kDst,
        kSrcOver,
        kDstOver,
        kSrcIn,
        kDstIn,
        kSrcOut,
        kDstOut,
        kSrcATop,
        kDstATop,
        kXor,
        kPlus,
        kModulate,
        kScreen,
        kLastCoeffMode = kScreen,
        kOverlay,
        kDarken,
        kLighten,
        kColorDodge,
        kColorBurn,
        kHardLight,
        kSoftLight,
        kDifference,
        kExclusion,
        kMultiply,
        kLastSeparableMode = kMultiply,
        kHue,
        kSaturation,
        kColor,
        kLuminosity,
        kLastMode = kLuminosity,
    };

### Constants

Const	Value	Details	Description
`SkBlendMode::kClear`	0	Clear	Replaces destination with Alpha and Color components set to zero; a fully transparent pixel.
`SkBlendMode::kSrc`	1	Src	Replaces destination with source. Destination alpha and color component values are ignored.
`SkBlendMode::kDst`	2	Dst	Preserves destination, ignoring source. Drawing with Paint set to kDst has no effect.
`SkBlendMode::kSrcOver`	3	Src Over	Replaces destination with source blended with destination. If source is opaque, replaces destination with source. Used as the default Blend Mode for SkPaint.
`SkBlendMode::kDstOver`	4	Dst Over	Replaces destination with destination blended with source. If destination is opaque, has no effect.
`SkBlendMode::kSrcIn`	5	Src In	Replaces destination with source using destination opacity.
`SkBlendMode::kDstIn`	6	Dst In	Scales destination opacity by source opacity.
`SkBlendMode::kSrcOut`	7	Src Out	Replaces destination with source using the inverse of destination opacity, drawing source fully where destination opacity is zero.
`SkBlendMode::kDstOut`	8	Dst Out	Replaces destination opacity with inverse of source opacity. If source is transparent, has no effect.
`SkBlendMode::kSrcATop`	9	Src Atop	Blends destination with source using read destination opacity.
`SkBlendMode::kDstATop`	10	Dst Atop	Blends destination with source using source opacity.
`SkBlendMode::kXor`	11	Xor	Blends destination by exchanging transparency of the source and destination.
`SkBlendMode::kPlus`	12	Plus	Replaces destination with source and destination added together.
`SkBlendMode::kModulate`	13	Modulate	Replaces destination with source and destination multiplied together.
`SkBlendMode::kScreen`	14	Screen	Replaces destination with inverted source and destination multiplied together.
`SkBlendMode::kLastCoeffMode`	14		last Porter_Duff blend mode
`SkBlendMode::kOverlay`	15	Overlay	Replaces destination with multiply or screen, depending on destination.
`SkBlendMode::kDarken`	16	Darken	Replaces destination with darker of source and destination.
`SkBlendMode::kLighten`	17	Lighten	Replaces destination with lighter of source and destination.
`SkBlendMode::kColorDodge`	18	Color Dodge	Makes destination brighter to reflect source.
`SkBlendMode::kColorBurn`	19	Color Burn	Makes destination darker to reflect source.
`SkBlendMode::kHardLight`	20	Hard Light	Makes destination lighter or darker, depending on source.
`SkBlendMode::kSoftLight`	21	Soft Light	Makes destination lighter or darker, depending on source.
`SkBlendMode::kDifference`	22	Difference	Subtracts darker from lighter with higher contrast.
`SkBlendMode::kExclusion`	23	Exclusion	Subtracts darker from lighter with lower contrast.
`SkBlendMode::kMultiply`	24	Multiply	Multiplies source with destination, darkening image.
`SkBlendMode::kLastSeparableMode`	24		Last blend mode operating separately on components.
`SkBlendMode::kHue`	25	Hue	Replaces hue of destination with hue of source, leaving saturation and luminosity unchanged.
`SkBlendMode::kSaturation`	26	Saturation	Replaces saturation of destination saturation hue of source, leaving hue and luminosity unchanged.
`SkBlendMode::kColor`	27	Color	Replaces hue and saturation of destination with hue and saturation of source, leaving luminosity unchanged.
`SkBlendMode::kLuminosity`	28	Luminosity	Replaces luminosity of destination with luminosity of source, leaving hue and saturation unchanged.
`SkBlendMode::kLastMode`	28		Used by tests to iterate through all valid values.

### See Also SkCanvas::drawColor SkCanvas::drawVertices^[2]^[3]^[4] SkPaint SkShader::MakeCompose SkXfermodeImageFilter ## Clear SkBlendMode::kClear sets destination to: \[0, 0\]. Use SkBlendMode::kClear to initialize a buffer to fully transparent pixels when creating a mask with irregular edges. ### Example

SK ColorYELLOW is ignored because SkBlendMode::kClear ignores the source pixel value and the destination pixel value, always setting the destination to zero.

### See Also SkCanvas::clear ## Src Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component; SkBlendMode::kSrc sets destination to: \[Sa, Sc\]. Use SkBlendMode::kSrc to copy one buffer to another. All pixels are copied, regardless of source and destination Alpha values. As a parameter to SkCanvas::drawAtlas, selects sprites and ignores colors. ### Example

SkBlendMode::kSrc does not blend transparent pixels with existing background; it punches a transparent hole in the existing image.

### See Also SkSurface::draw^[2] SkSurface::readPixels^[2]^[3] ## Dst Given: Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDst preserves destination set to: \[Da, Dc\]. Setting Paint Blend Mode to SkBlendMode::kDst causes drawing with Paint to have no effect. As a parameter to SkCanvas::drawAtlas, selects colors and ignores sprites. ### Example

## Src Over Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kSrcOver replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \* \(1 \- Sa\), Sc \+ Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\)\], drawing source over destination. SkBlendMode::kSrcOver is the default for Paint. SkBlendMode::kSrcOver cannot make destination more transparent; the result will be at least as opaque as the less transparent of source and original destination. ### Example

## Dst Over Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDstOver replaces destination with: \[Da \+ Sa \* \(1 \- Da\), Dc \+ Sc \* \(1 \- Da\)\], drawing destination over source. Has no effect destination if is opaque. ### Example

## Src In Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha; SkBlendMode::kSrcIn replaces destination with: \[Sa \* Da, Sc \* Da\], drawing source with destination opacity. ### Example

## Dst In Given: Sa as source Alpha, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDstIn replaces destination with: \[Da \* Sa, Dc \* Sa\], scaling destination Alpha by source Alpha. Resulting destination is visible where source is visible. ### Example

## Src Out Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha; SkBlendMode::kSrcOut replaces destination with: \[Sa \* \(1 \- Da\), Sc \* \(1 \- Da\)\], drawing source fully where destination Alpha is zero. Is destination is opaque, has no effect. ### Example

## Dst Out Given: Sa as source Alpha, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDstOut replaces destination with: \[Da \* \(1 \- Sa\), Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\)\], scaling destination Alpha by source transparency. Resulting destination is visible where source is transparent. If source is transparent, has no effect. ### Example

## Src Atop Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kSrcATop replaces destination with: \[Da, Sc \* Da \+ Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\)\], replacing opaque destination with opaque source. If source or destination is transparent, has no effect. ### Example

## Dst Atop Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDstATop replaces destination with: \[Sa, Dc \* Sa \+ Sc \* \(1 \- Da\)\], making destination transparent where source is transparent. ### Example

## Xor Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kXor replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- 2 \* Sa \* Da, Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) \+ Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\)\], exchanging the transparency of the source and destination. ### Example

## Plus Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kPlus replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da, Sc \+ Dc\], summing the Alpha and Color components. ### Example

## Modulate Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kModulate replaces destination with: \[Sa \* Da, Sc \* Dc\], scaling Alpha and Color components by the lesser of the values. SkBlendMode::kModulate differs from SkBlendMode::kMultiply in two ways. SkBlendMode::kModulate like SkBlendMode::kSrcATop alters the destination inside the destination area, as if the destination Alpha defined the boundaries of a soft clip. SkBlendMode::kMultiply like SkBlendMode::kSrcOver can alter the destination where the destination is transparent. SkBlendMode::kModulate computes the product of the source and destination using Premultiplied component values. SkBlendMode::kMultiply the product of the source and destination using Unpremultiplied component values. ### Example

If source and destination are opaque, SkBlendMode::kModulate and SkBlendMode::kMultiply produce the same results.

## Screen Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kScreen replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \+ Dc \- Sc \* Dc\]. ### Example

## Overlay Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kOverlay replaces destination with:

\[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) \+ Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\) \+
    \(2 \* Dc <= Da ? 2 \* Sc \* Dc : Sa \* Da \- 2 \* \(Da \- Dc\) \* \(Sa \- Sc\)\)\]

. ### Example

## Darken Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDarken replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \+ Dc \- max\(Sc \* Da, Dc \* Sa\)\]. SkBlendMode::kDarken does not make an image darker; it replaces the destination component with source if source is darker. ### Example

## Lighten Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kLighten replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \+ Dc \- min\(Sc \* Da, Dc \* Sa\)\]. SkBlendMode::kDarken does not make an image lighter; it replaces the destination component with source if source is lighter. ### Example

## Color Dodge Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kColorDodge replaces destination with:

\[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Dc == 0 ? Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) : Sc == Sa ? Sc \+ Da \* \(1 \- Sa\) :
            Sa \* min\(Da, Dc \* Sa / \(Sa \- Sc\)\) \+ Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) \+ Da \* \(1 \- Sa\)\]

, making destination brighter to reflect source. ### Example

## Color Burn Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kColorBurn replaces destination with:

\[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Dc == Da ? Dc \+ Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) : Sc == 0 ? Da \* \(1 \- Sa\) :
            Sa \* \(Da \- min\(Da, \(Da \- Dc\) \* Sa / Sc\)\) \+ Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) \+ Da \* \(1 \- Sa\)\]

, making destination darker to reflect source. ### Example

## Hard Light Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kHardLight replaces destination with:

\[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) \+ Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\) \+
        2 \* Sc <= Sa ? 2 \* Sc \* Dc : Sa \* Da \- 2 \* \(Da \- Dc\) \* \(Sa \- Sc\)\]

, making destination lighter or darker, depending on source. ### Example

## Soft Light Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; where m = Da > 0 ? Dc / Da : 0; SkBlendMode::kSoftLight replaces destination with:

\[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc / Da \+ Dc / Sa \+
    \(2 \* Sc <= Sa ? Dc \* \(Sa \+ \(2 \* Sc \- Sa\) \* \(1 \- m\)\) : Dc \* Sa \+ Da \* \(2 \* Sc \- Sa\) \*
    \(4 \* Dc <= Da ? \(16 \* m \* m  \+ 4 \* m\) \* \(m \- 1\) \+ 7 \* m : sqrt(m) \- m\)\)\]

, making destination lighter or darker, depending on source. ### Example

## Difference Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kDifference replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \+ Dc \- 2 \* min\(Sc \* Da, Dc \* Sa\)\], replacing destination with lighter less darker. ### Example

## Exclusion Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kExclusion replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \+ Dc \- 2 \* Sc \* Dc\], replacing destination with lighter less darker, ignoring Alpha. ### Example

## Multiply Given: Sa as source Alpha, Sc as source Color component, Da as destination Alpha, Dc as destination Color component; SkBlendMode::kMultiply replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, Sc \* \(1 \- Da\) \+ Dc \* \(1 \- Sa\) \+ Sc \* Dc\], the product of Unpremultiplied source and destination. SkBlendMode::kMultiply makes the image darker. ### Example

## Hue Given: Sa as source Alpha, S as source Color, Da as destination Alpha, D as destination Color; SkBlendMode::kHue replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, SetLuminosity(SetSaturation(S, Saturation(D)\), Luminosity(D)\)\], source hue, leaving destination luminosity and saturation unchanged. ### Example

## Saturation Given: Sa as source Alpha, S as source Color, Da as destination Alpha, D as destination Color; SkBlendMode::kHue replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, SetLuminosity(SetSaturation(D, Saturation(S)\), Luminosity(D)\)\], source hue, leaving destination luminosity and saturation unchanged. ### Example

## Color Given: Sa as source Alpha, S as source Color, Da as destination Alpha, D as destination Color; SkBlendMode::kColor replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, SetLuminosity(S, Luminosity(D)\)\], source hue and saturation, leaving destination luminosity unchanged. ### Example

## Luminosity Given: Sa as source Alpha, S as source Color, Da as destination Alpha, D as destination Color; SkBlendMode::kLuminosity replaces destination with: \[Sa \+ Da \- Sa \* Da, SetLuminosity(D, Luminosity(S)\)\], source luminosity, leaving destination hue and saturation unchanged. ### Example

## SkBlendMode_Name

SK_API const char* SkBlendMode Name(SkBlendMode blendMode)

Returns name of blendMode as null-terminated C string. ### Parameters

blendMode one of: SkBlendMode::kClear, SkBlendMode::kSrc, SkBlendMode::kDst, SkBlendMode::kSrcOver, SkBlendMode::kDstOver, SkBlendMode::kSrcIn, SkBlendMode::kDstIn, SkBlendMode::kSrcOut, SkBlendMode::kDstOut, SkBlendMode::kSrcATop, SkBlendMode::kDstATop, SkBlendMode::kXor, SkBlendMode::kPlus, SkBlendMode::kModulate, SkBlendMode::kScreen, SkBlendMode::kOverlay, SkBlendMode::kDarken, SkBlendMode::kLighten, SkBlendMode::kColorDodge, SkBlendMode::kColorBurn, SkBlendMode::kHardLight, SkBlendMode::kSoftLight, SkBlendMode::kDifference, SkBlendMode::kExclusion, SkBlendMode::kMultiply, SkBlendMode::kHue, SkBlendMode::kSaturation, SkBlendMode::kColor, SkBlendMode::kLuminosity

### Return Value C string ### Example

#### Example Output ~~~~ default blend: SkBlendMode::kSrcOver ~~~~

### See Also SkBlendMode ---