# Paint

> What goes inside a shape: gradients, shadows and blur, inner shadows, glass and glow.

Source: https://pixi-silk.schmooky.dev/docs/paint/

Gradients cover linear, radial, conic, mesh and along-the-path ramps.

Shadows and effects blur a shape without a filter pass. Glass and glow are filters for the panels and lights around it.

## 01. Gradients

Linear, radial, conic, mesh and along-the-path gradients in OKLab with smooth easing, and half-float ramps with dither that stop dark gradients banding.

Guide: https://pixi-silk.schmooky.dev/docs/gradients/

Experiments:

- [Banding](https://pixi-silk.schmooky.dev/lab/13-banding/): Dark, wide gradients with and without dither. Turn on the 8x reveal to see the contour lines the dither hides.

## 02. Shadows & effects

Blur a fill or stroke into glows and soft shadows, grow it with spread, add Figma-style inner shadows, progressive blur and plus-lighter blends, without filters.

Guide: https://pixi-silk.schmooky.dev/docs/shadows-and-effects/

## 03. Glass and glow

Frosted glass that blurs and bends what is behind it, and neon light that adds up to white, from the pixi-silk/glass and pixi-silk/glow entry points.

Guide: https://pixi-silk.schmooky.dev/docs/glass-and-glow/