color blending
Merging different shades
Color blending is the mixing or gradual transition of colors into one another.
In art and design, it refers to techniques that create smooth progressions between hues: She used color blending to soften the edges of the sunset.
In digital graphics, blending modes determine how layers of color interact.
The term applies to paint, makeup, photography, and any medium where colors merge rather than meet sharply.
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- soft edgesIndistinct, gradual boundaries
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- layeringForming successive strata
glazing · gradient · smooth transition · paintbrush · brush strokes · oil paint · ombre · painting · digital painting · pigments · feathering · makeup artistry · skin tones · textile design · mixing · overlaying · stippling · acrylic paint
- watercolorwash, washes, wet-on-wet, brushes, palette
- airbrush artspray painting, airbrushing, stencils, stencil work, gradients
- Animal Artwildlife illustration, bird prints, wildlife photography, woodland creatures, animal heads
- nature artlandscape art, landscapes, nature scene, wildlife art, botanical art
- markersmarker, markers, permanent marker, permanent markers, highlighter
- Impressionismwater lilies, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Giverny, Monet
color blendinghard edges
Abrupt visual boundaries
crisp edges · color blocking · clean lines · color separation · demarcation
color blendingcolor blocking
Pairing solid contrasting sections
color separation · flat color · solid color · posterization · paint by numbers