diff --git a/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/README.md b/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/README.md
index e93d22bec4..50741f2566 100644
--- a/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/README.md
+++ b/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ This project is part of the
     - [Using higher order functions](#using-higher-order-functions)
 - [API](#api)
     - [Color](#color)
+    - [Porter-Duff alpha blending](#porter-duff-alpha-blending)
     - [Fog](#fog)
     - [Lighting](#lighting)
     - [Math](#math)
@@ -286,6 +287,26 @@ TODO. For now, please see doc strings in source for details...
 - `toSRGB`
 - `luminanceRGB`
 
+### Porter-Duff alpha blending
+
+Use the `porterDuff` higher order function to define new blend modes.
+See
+[@thi.ng/porter-duff](https://github.com/thi-ng/umbrella/tree/develop/packages/porter-duff)
+for reference.
+
+12 standard PD operators for `vec4` RGBA colors:
+
+- `blendSrcOver`
+- `blendDestOver`
+- `blendSrcIn`
+- `blendDestIn`
+- `blendSrcOut`
+- `blendDestOut`
+- `blendSrcAtop`
+- `blendDestAtop`
+- `blendXor`
+- `blendPlus`
+
 ### Fog
 
 [/src/fog](https://github.com/thi-ng/umbrella/tree/master/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/fog/)
diff --git a/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/color/porter-duff.ts b/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/color/porter-duff.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a53c732ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/color/porter-duff.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { Fn2 } from "@thi.ng/api";
+import {
+    $w,
+    add,
+    defn,
+    FLOAT0,
+    FLOAT1,
+    FloatTerm,
+    mul,
+    ret,
+    sub
+} from "@thi.ng/shader-ast";
+import { clamp01 } from "../math/clamp";
+
+/**
+ * Higher-order Porter-Duff alpha compositing operator. See
+ * thi.ng/porter-duff for reference. Returns an optimized AST function
+ * which accepts 2 RGBA colors (`vec4`) and returns blended & clamped
+ * result (also `vec4`). All built-in PD operators are defined via this
+ * HOF.
+ *
+ * The two given JS functions are used to extract blending coefficients
+ * for src/dest colors and are called with the alpha components of both
+ * colors.
+ *
+ * @param name function name
+ * @param fa src coeff fn
+ * @param fb dest coeff fn
+ */
+export const porterDuff = (
+    name: string,
+    fa: Fn2<FloatTerm, FloatTerm, FloatTerm>,
+    fb: Fn2<FloatTerm, FloatTerm, FloatTerm>
+) =>
+    defn("vec4", name, ["vec4", "vec4"], (a, b) => {
+        const src =
+            fa === ZERO ? FLOAT0 : fa === ONE ? a : mul(a, fa($w(a), $w(b)));
+        const dest =
+            fb === ZERO ? FLOAT0 : fb === ONE ? b : mul(b, fb($w(a), $w(b)));
+        return [
+            ret(
+                clamp01(
+                    src === FLOAT0
+                        ? dest
+                        : dest === FLOAT0
+                        ? src
+                        : add(src, dest)
+                )
+            )
+        ];
+    });
+
+// coefficient functions
+
+export const ZERO = () => FLOAT0;
+export const ONE = () => FLOAT1;
+export const A = (a: FloatTerm) => a;
+export const B = (_: FloatTerm, b: FloatTerm) => b;
+export const ONE_MINUS_A = (a: FloatTerm) => sub(FLOAT1, a);
+export const ONE_MINUS_B = (_: FloatTerm, b: FloatTerm) => sub(FLOAT1, b);
+
+// standard Porter-Duff operators
+
+export const blendSrcOver = porterDuff("blendSrcOver", ONE, ONE_MINUS_A);
+export const blendDestOver = porterDuff("blendDestOver", ONE_MINUS_B, ONE);
+export const blendSrcIn = porterDuff("blendSrcIn", B, ZERO);
+export const blendDestIn = porterDuff("blendDestIn", ZERO, A);
+export const blendSrcOut = porterDuff("blendSrcOut", ONE_MINUS_B, ZERO);
+export const blendDestOut = porterDuff("blendDestOut", ZERO, ONE_MINUS_A);
+export const blendSrcAtop = porterDuff("blendSrcAtop", B, ONE_MINUS_A);
+export const blendDestAtop = porterDuff("blendDestAtop", ONE_MINUS_B, A);
+export const blendXor = porterDuff("blendXor", ONE_MINUS_B, ONE_MINUS_A);
+export const blendPlus = porterDuff("blendPlus", ONE, ONE);
diff --git a/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/index.ts b/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/index.ts
index 552c93779f..ad140b0c7b 100644
--- a/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shader-ast-stdlib/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * from "./api";
 
 export * from "./color/linear-srgb";
 export * from "./color/luminance";
+export * from "./color/porter-duff";
 
 export * from "./fog/exp";
 export * from "./fog/exp2";