Using the Color burn mode
How to do it…
This simple recipe will show you how to change a layer mode to the Color burn mode:
- In the Layer palette, click on the layer to edit (if the Layer palette is not visible, go to Window | Layer to open it).
- In the top-left corner of the Layer palette, click on the drop-down menu. Then, click on the Color burn mode.
How it works...
In this mode, the colors from the bottom layer are darkened to increase the contrast and are then combined with the colors on the top layer. Only the areas where the colors overlap are visible, leaving a white stripe in the center. The area where blue and yellow overlap gets a dark golden color. The dark red and yellow colors become a bright, vivid red, the blue and light purple colors combine to become a bright royal blue, and the area where purple and dark red combine is almost black.
