As with Soft light, the Hard light mode's results depend on the density of the overlapped colors. Colors brighter than 50% grayscale that are overlapped become brighter, just as in the Screen mode. Colors darker than 50% grayscale that are combined become darker, just as in the Multiply mode. When 50% grayscale colors are overlapped, the lower layer remains unchanged. Areas that overlap with white become white if a color brighter than 50% grayscale is selected, and they change to the selected color if a color darker than 50% grayscale is selected.
In the preceding example, the blue and red vertical stripes still remain visible in...