Blending may refer to:

  • The process of mixing in process engineering
  • Mixing paints to achieve a greater range of colors
  • Blending (alcohol production), a technique to produce alcoholic beverages by mixing different brews
  • Blending (linguistics), the process of forming a word from two or more letters that represent the sounds of a word
  • Blending (music), a technique used in instrument playing
  • Blending (vocal technique), a technique used in vocal warm up
  • Blending curves, in mathematics
  • Blending inheritance, a hypothetical model prior to the discovery of genetics
  • Alpha blending, a transparency technique in computer image generation
  • Conceptual blending, a general theory of cognition
  • Gas blending, the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox
  • Tea blending, the process of blending different teas to produce a final product
  • The Blending (novel series), a fantasy series by Sharon Green
  • Travel blending, a technique, developed in Australia, for encouraging people to make more efficient and environmentally sound transportation choices
  • Blending in hairstyling, a technique used to transition between different hair lengths smoothly.

See also

  • Blend (disambiguation)