diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Blend.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Blend.cs
index 2bc6ace25..858ed5602 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Blend.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Blend.cs
@@ -59,13 +59,9 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
                             {
                                 Color blendedColor = this.toBlend[x, y];
 
-                                // Combining colors is dependent on the alpha of the blended color
+                                // Lerping colors is dependent on the alpha of the blended color
                                 float alphaFactor = alpha > 0 ? alpha : blendedColor.A;
-                                float invertedAlphaFactor = 1 - alphaFactor;
-
-                                color.R = (color.R * invertedAlphaFactor) + (blendedColor.R * alphaFactor);
-                                color.G = (color.G * invertedAlphaFactor) + (blendedColor.G * alphaFactor);
-                                color.B = (color.B * invertedAlphaFactor) + (blendedColor.B * alphaFactor);
+                                color = Color.Lerp(color, blendedColor, alphaFactor);
                             }
 
                             target[x, y] = color;
diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
index 96824e264..aba96dddd 100644
--- a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Tests
             //{ "Brightness--50", new Brightness(-50) },
             //{ "Contrast-50", new Contrast(50) },
             //{ "Contrast--50", new Contrast(-50) },
-            { "Blend", new Blend(new Image(File.OpenRead("../../TestImages/Formats/Bmp/Car.bmp")),50)},
+            { "Blend", new Blend(new Image(File.OpenRead("../../TestImages/Formats/Bmp/Car.bmp")),75)},
             //{ "Saturation-50", new Saturation(50) },
             //{ "Saturation--50", new Saturation(-50) },
             //{ "Alpha--50", new Alpha(50) },