Using the Color dodge mode
How to do it…
This simple recipe will show you how to change a layer mode to the Color dodge 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).
From the top-left corner of the Layer palette, click on the drop-down menu. Next, click on the Color dodge mode.
How it works...
Again, this mode lightens the colors being combined, much like the Screen mode in the previous example. This time, however, the blue vertical stripe has changed to a brighter, lighter yellow color where it intersects the yellow stripe, and has become a much paler and brighter blue over the purple stripe. The vertical red stripe has become golden over the yellow stripe and bright pink over the purple stripe. The black outline around the central rectangle has disappeared, and the white color of the inside fill is leaving a white space where it crosses the horizontal stripes of the colors.
Because the Paper color is white, wherever...
