How to use mix-blend-mode, and how to avoid problems with it
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2021-06-29

You don't hear a lot about mix-blend-mode, but after mentioning it in a previous video, a lot of people asked for something more in-depth, so here we are!

🔗 Links 
✅ First codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/dyvEBpj
✅ Second codpen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/3cf5d075a29e2d702c02ee7387d516c2
✅ MDN information on it: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/mix-blend-mode
✅ Ana Tudor CodePen I mentioned: https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/dyOvmRY
✅ Ana Tudor's CSS-Tricks article: https://css-tricks.com/taming-blend-modes-difference-and-exclusion/
✅ background-blend-mode video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c94pr41jaI

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - The basics of mix-blend-mode
05:25 - Issues with text
08:29 - Using isolation
09:56 - opacity vs mix-blend-mode
11:50 - more on isolation

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