Layering and colours interacting

Hi all, I’m a beginner in this kind of software so this might be a basic question…
I’m set up a layer to add a background colour to my project and whatever colour I choose interacts with the layers in front of it (it tends to turn the colour on top inverse). I havent had this problem with the other layers I have, they stack on top of each other (and they are fully opaque). I have tried to search for a solution but cant seem to find it…

Thanks!!

Jessica

Hi Jessica,
strange. Can you attach a screenshot or even the project itself?
Also, for defining a background color you can use the “Background” tab in the layers window.

-Jan

From the description it sounds like your layer might have an overlay setting that is something other than ‘normal’ - there is a little dropdown menu just above where the layers are where these options can be changed. If you set it to normal it should appear as intended.