Less Color Blending multiply()

The Less color blending multiply function is used to multiply two colors. It multiplies two colors corresponding RGB channels together and then divides it by 255 to get darker color as result.

Parameters:

color1: It specifies a color object.
color2: It specifies another color object.

Returns: Resultant color

Multiply Function Example

Let's take an example to demonstrate the usage of color blending multiply function in Less file.

Create a HTML file named "simple.html", having the following data.

HTML file: simple.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>Multiply Function Example</title>
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="simple.css"/>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>Example of Color Blending Multiply Function</h2>
<div class="color1">
  <p>(color1) <br> #ff6600</p>
</div><br>
<div class="color2">
  <p>(color2) <br> #00ff00</p>
</div><br>
<div class="res">
  <p>(result) <br> #006600</p>
</div>
</body>
</html> 

Now create a file named "simple.less". It is similar to CSS file. The only one difference is that it is saved with ".less" extension.

LESS file: simple.less

.color1 {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: #ff6600;
}
.color2 {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: #00ff00;
}
.res {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: multiply(#ff6600, #00ff00);
}
p{
 padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
 color: white;
}

Put the both file "simple.html" and "simple.less" inside the root folder of Node.js

Now, execute the following code: lessc simple.less simple.css

This will compile the "simple.less" file. A CSS file named "simple.css" will be generated.

For example:

The generated CSS "simple.css", has the following code:

.color1 {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #ff6600;
}
.color2 {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #00ff00;
}
.res {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #006600;
}
p {
  padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
  color: white;
}

Output: