Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 222)

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Painting
Last updated 6/5/2015
Soft Light Darkens or lightens the colors, depending on the blend color. The effect is similar to shining a diffused
spotlight on the artwork.
If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the artwork is lightened, as if it were dodged. If the blend color
is darker than 50% gray, the artwork is darkened, as if it were burned in. Painting with pure black or white produces a
distinctly darker or lighter area but does not result in pure black or white.
Hard Light Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the blend color. The effect is similar to shining a harsh
spotlight on the artwork.
If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the artwork is lightened, as if it were screened. This is useful
for adding highlights to artwork. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the artwork is darkened, as if it were
multiplied. This is useful for adding shadows to artwork. Painting with pure black or white results in pure black or
white.
Difference 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.
Exclusion 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.
Hue Creates a resulting color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color.
Saturation Creates a resulting 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) causes no change.
Color Creates a resulting 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.
Luminosity Creates a resulting 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.
Note: The Difference, Exclusion, Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity modes do not blend spot colors—and with most
blending modes, a black designated as 100% K knocks out the color on the underlying layer. Instead of 100% black, specify
a rich black using CMYK values.
Change the blending mode of artwork
1 Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).
If you want to change the blending mode of a fill or stroke, select the object, and then select the fill or stroke in the
Appearance panel.
2 In the Transparency panel, choose a blending mode from the pop-up menu.
You can isolate the blending mode to a targeted layer or group in order to leave objects beneath unaffected. To do
this, select the target icon to the right of a group or layer in the Layers panel that contains an object using a blending
mode. In the Transparency panel, select Isolate Blending. (If the Isolate Blending option isn’t visible, select Show
Options from the Transparency panel menu.)