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Blending modes talk about how colors blend when graphics stack on each other. They were citizens from computer graphics. This doesn’t mean we should implement a full Photoshop in browsers and nor should we limit our imaginations to just that. Browsers and web pages have their own contexts and goals, as well as a different set of limits. Maybe we should welcome them like new habitats and discover use cases native to our territory.
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