Time for action — using Blend mode

Let's add in a Multiply blend filter to two simple objects as an example:

1. Open a new document in Inkscape.
2. Use the Circle/Ellipse tool and create one red circle and one yellow circle, shown as follows:
   
3. Now move the yellow circle so it overlaps the red circle:
   
4. Open the Layers dialog and go to the Blend mode drop-down menu. Select Multiply as follows:
   

   The two objects combine as if light were shining through both. The red and yellow objects—where they overlap—display orange, shown as follows:

   
5. If you now change the Blend mode back to Normal, the two objects now go back to being normal, or just simply overlapping.

What just happened?

We learned how to adjust the Blend mode between layers. We took two example objects (circles in this case) and gave them the Multiply blend. Then we learned how to turn the blend back to Normal mode.