Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 661)

Color Burn
Darken
Lighten
Difference
Exclusion
Hue
Saturation
Color
Luminosity
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Darkens the base color to reflect the blend color. Blending with white produces no change.
Selects the base or blend color—whichever is darker—as the resulting color. Areas lighter than the blend color are replaced, and
areas darker than the blend color do not change.
Selects the base or blend color—whichever is lighter—as the resulting color. Areas darker than the blend color are replaced, and areas
lighter than the blend color do not change.
Subtracts either the blend color from the base color or the base color from the blend color, depending on which has the greater
brightness value. Blending with white inverts the base color values; blending with black produces no change.
Creates an effect similar to, but lower in contrast than, the Difference mode. Blending with white inverts the base color components.
Blending with black produces no change.
Creates a color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color.
Creates a color with the luminance and hue of the base color and the saturation of the blend color. Painting with this mode in an area
with no saturation (gray) produces no change.
Creates a color with the luminance of the base color and the hue and saturation of the blend color. This preserves the gray levels in the
artwork, and is useful for coloring monochrome artwork and for tinting color artwork.
Creates a color with the hue and saturation of the base color and the luminance of the blend color. This mode creates an inverse
effect from that of the Color mode.
Avoid applying the Difference, Exclusion, Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity blending modes to objects with spot colors; doing so can
add unwanted colors to a document. For more information, see Best practices when creating transparency.
Isolate blending modes
When you apply a blending mode to an object, its colors blend with all objects beneath it. If you want to limit the blending to specific objects, you
can group those objects and then apply the Isolate Blending option to the group. The Isolate Blending option confines the blending to within the
group, preventing objects beneath the group from being affected. (It is useful for objects that have a blending mode other than Normal applied to
them.)
Group (star and circle) with Isolate Blending option deselected (left) compared to selected (right)
It is important to understand that you apply the blending modes to the individual objects, but apply the Isolate Blending option to the group. The
option isolates blending interactions within the group. It doesn’t affect blending modes applied directly to the group itself.
1. Apply the blending modes and opacity settings to the individual objects whose blending you want to isolate.
2. Using the Selection tool, select the objects you want to isolate.
3. Choose Object > Group.
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