CSS Gradients with background-blend-modeThe CSS background-blend-mode property blends the backgrounds of an element: colors, images, and gradients, together with Photoshop-like blend modes (multiply, screen, overlay, etc). It is very new and is curently supported by the latest releases of Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. The property is coming to Safari soon but not available in Internet Explorer. CSS gradients are already immensely powerful
