Hi, @mjp Thank you for information.

@Juliean Huge Sincere Thanks, Juliean. I have been stuck on this for over 24 hours. I clearly misunderstand how the blend function works and need to research. I am struggling to see why your correction works… my understanding was that glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_COLOR, GL_DST_COLOR) would add the previous a…

@ddlox thank you for taking the time out to answer, your answer is perfect. have a great day