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title: "Color Composite"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/html/Color%2BComposite.html"
section_path: "Shaders > Color Shaders > Color Composite"
description: "For full 'Photoshop'-style blending, including alpha channel overlay mixing, please use the more comprehensive Color Layer shader instead."
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# Color Composite

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# Color Composite

## Introduction

![Image: C4D_Color_Composite_Node.png](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/C4D_Color_Composite_Node.png)

This shader allows you to blend two colors in multiple ways. It contains a sub-set of popular 'Photoshop'-style blend modes.

> **Note:** For full 'Photoshop'-style blending, including alpha channel overlay mixing, please use the more comprehensive [Color Layer](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/html/Color%2BLayer.html.md) shader instead.

## Parameters

### Base Color

This is the base color that will be blending into.

### Blend Color

This is the blend color that will be blended into the base color.

### Composite Mode

These are the composite modes that determine how the colors are blended together.

### Alpha Source

This option determines how the alpha component of the output color is computed.