Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Blender is also the term used to describe those fabrics that smoothly bridge from a fabric of one color/print/value/etc to one with a different color/print/value/etc. In those cases, the blender does not have to be an 'into the background' fabric, it just has to transition you from point A to point B without a jolt. It facilitates the blending of other fabrics.