combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors
Looks at the color information in each channel and multiplies the base color by the blend color The result color is always a darker color Multiplying any color with black produces black Multiplying any color with white leaves the color unchanged When you're painting with a color other than black or white, successive strokes with a painting tool produce progressively darker colors The effect is similar to drawing on the image with multiple magic markers
The image on the left illustrates a normal layer mode and the image on the right shows the same two layers in multiply mode
When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Her husband multiplied his demands on her time
{f} (Mathematics) add a quantity to itself a specified number of times (i.e. 4 x 2 = 8); increase in quantity, produce a large number of; reproduce, procreate, have many offspring