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hey, im made a figma slide, and the blend mode for the slide background cannot be changed, even tho the change apears in the editor

  • April 27, 2026
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Timothée Le Bras

Hey, as you can read in the title, im a bit stuck on a document. it worked fine, then out the blue, the blend mode i set for the slide background (color density) stoped showing on preview and pdf export. did anybody encountered this issue ? 

 

I really need to send this soon, and im pulling my hair out on this issue...

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Jaycee Lewis
Figmate

Hey, ​@Timothée Le Bras 👋 To help you get unblocked fast, it’s helpful for the community to see exactly what’s happening in your file.

Could you share:

  • A screenshot of the slide with the layer selected and the full right sidebar visible? I’m looking for the Layer, Fill, and Effects sections

  • The exact blend mode you’re using. "Color density" isn’t a standard Figma Blend Mode option — could it be Color, Saturation, Luminosity, or Color burn?

  • A short Loom or GIF showing the canvas vs. the PDF preview side-by-side

One quick thing you can try right now: check if there’s an opaque layer underneath the object you’re blending. Blend modes need a "background" to react with. If the layer beneath is transparent (or if you’re blending directly against the canvas), the blend has nothing to act on and might "disappear" during export. Try dropping a solid-fill rectangle behind it and re-exporting to see if that does the trick!

Talk soon! — Jaycee


Timothée Le Bras

Hey, ​@Timothée Le Bras 👋 To help you get unblocked fast, it’s helpful for the community to see exactly what’s happening in your file.

Could you share:

  • A screenshot of the slide with the layer selected and the full right sidebar visible? I’m looking for the Layer, Fill, and Effects sections

  • The exact blend mode you’re using. "Color density" isn’t a standard Figma Blend Mode option — could it be Color, Saturation, Luminosity, or Color burn?

  • A short Loom or GIF showing the canvas vs. the PDF preview side-by-side

One quick thing you can try right now: check if there’s an opaque layer underneath the object you’re blending. Blend modes need a "background" to react with. If the layer beneath is transparent (or if you’re blending directly against the canvas), the blend has nothing to act on and might "disappear" during export. Try dropping a solid-fill rectangle behind it and re-exporting to see if that does the trick!

Talk soon! — Jaycee

Hello, thanks for your reply ! Excuse me for the wrong blendmode, my figma is in french, so i don’t realy know the correct translation for it’s… anyway, here’s the capture you asked : 

the blend mode is on the slide background

 

the blend mode disapears as you can see

hope that helps !


Jaycee Lewis
Figmate

Thank you for the fantastic example ​@Timothée Le Bras 🙌 I’ll set up my own example and reproduce what you showed and we’ll go from there. Talk soon! — Jaycee