The background-blend-mode property defines the blending mode of each background layer (color and/or image).
background-blend-mode: normal|multiply|screen|overlay|darken|lighten|color-dodge|saturation|color|luminosity;
div { width: 200px; height: 200px; background-size: 200px 200px; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-image: linear-gradient(to right, black 0%, white 100%), url('w3css.gif'); background-blend-mode: color-dodge; }