# VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created pipeline color blend state

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## C Specification

The `VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef struct VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo {
        VkStructureType                               sType;
        const void*                                   pNext;
        VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateFlags          flags;
        VkBool32                                      logicOpEnable;
        VkLogicOp                                     logicOp;
        uint32_t                                      attachmentCount;
        const VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState*    pAttachments;
        float                                         blendConstants[4];
    } VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `flags` is a bitmask of VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateFlagBits specifying additional color blending information.

- `logicOpEnable` controls whether to apply Logical Operations.

- `logicOp` selects which logical operation to apply.

- `attachmentCount` is the number of VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState elements in `pAttachments`. It is ignored if the pipeline is created with `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_ENABLE_EXT`, `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_EQUATION_EXT`, and `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_WRITE_MASK_EXT` dynamic states set, and either `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_ADVANCED_EXT` set or the advancedBlendCoherentOperations feature is not enabled.

- `pAttachments` is a pointer to an array of VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState structures defining blend state for each color attachment. It is ignored if the pipeline is created with `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_ENABLE_EXT`, `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_EQUATION_EXT`, and `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_WRITE_MASK_EXT` dynamic states set, and either `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_ADVANCED_EXT` set or the advancedBlendCoherentOperations feature is not enabled.

- `blendConstants` is a pointer to an array of four values used as the R, G, B, and A components of the blend constant that are used in blending, depending on the blend factor.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-pAttachments-00605
  If the `independentBlend` feature is not enabled, all elements of `pAttachments` must be identical

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-logicOpEnable-00606
  If the `logicOp` feature is not enabled, `logicOpEnable` must be `VK_FALSE`

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-logicOpEnable-00607
  If `logicOpEnable` is `VK_TRUE`, `logicOp` must be a valid VkLogicOp value

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-rasterizationOrderColorAttachmentAccess-06465
  If the `rasterizationOrderColorAttachmentAccess` feature is not enabled, `flags` must not include `VK_PIPELINE_COLOR_BLEND_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_ACCESS_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-pAttachments-07353
  If `attachmentCount` is not `0` , and any of `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_ADVANCED_EXT`, `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_ENABLE_EXT`, `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_EQUATION_EXT`, or `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_WRITE_MASK_EXT` are not set, `pAttachments` must be a valid pointer to an array of `attachmentCount` valid VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState structures

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_COLOR_BLEND_STATE_CREATE_INFO`

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-pNext-pNext
  Each `pNext` member of any structure (including this one) in the `pNext` chain must be either `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkPipelineColorBlendAdvancedStateCreateInfoEXT or VkPipelineColorWriteCreateInfoEXT

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-sType-unique
  The `sType` value of each structure in the `pNext` chain must be unique

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-flags-parameter
  `flags` must be a valid combination of VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateFlagBits values

- VUID-VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo-pAttachments-parameter
  If `attachmentCount` is not `0`, and `pAttachments` is not `NULL`, `pAttachments` must be a valid pointer to an array of `attachmentCount` valid VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState structures

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkBool32, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, VkLogicOp, VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState, VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateFlags, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0