diff --git a/engine/core/painting/Paint.cpp b/engine/core/painting/Paint.cpp
index 05164a09d8d555d5f1105ffce9271d9e12e02230..a3f98099ac75f0678239c3b733aa136cb8f4d552 100644
--- a/engine/core/painting/Paint.cpp
+++ b/engine/core/painting/Paint.cpp
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ void Paint::setMaskFilter(MaskFilter* filter)
     m_paint.setMaskFilter(filter->filter());
 }
 
+void Paint::setTransferMode(SkXfermode::Mode transfer_mode)
+{
+    m_paint.setXfermodeMode(transfer_mode);
+}
+
 } // namespace blink
diff --git a/engine/core/painting/Paint.h b/engine/core/painting/Paint.h
index 402080a1a85220d5dc8b5d233219e328a9ba0b25..71ac40573207b2a3fe8d5fd720c16070fd404c92 100644
--- a/engine/core/painting/Paint.h
+++ b/engine/core/painting/Paint.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define SKY_ENGINE_CORE_PAINTING_PAINT_H_
 
 #include "sky/engine/core/painting/CanvasColor.h"
+#include "sky/engine/core/painting/TransferMode.h"
 #include "sky/engine/tonic/dart_wrappable.h"
 #include "sky/engine/wtf/PassRefPtr.h"
 #include "sky/engine/wtf/RefCounted.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ public:
     const SkPaint& paint() const { return m_paint; }
     void setPaint(const SkPaint& paint) { m_paint = paint; }
 
+    void setTransferMode(SkXfermode::Mode transfer_mode);
+
 private:
     Paint();
 
diff --git a/engine/core/painting/Paint.idl b/engine/core/painting/Paint.idl
index 11e5c2149604987e909ae58f6da40552646391a4..27f4b20b3532b890b073768aa1e7076d27e0559e 100644
--- a/engine/core/painting/Paint.idl
+++ b/engine/core/painting/Paint.idl
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
   void setDrawLooper(DrawLooper looper);
   void setColorFilter(ColorFilter filter);
   void setMaskFilter(MaskFilter filter);
+  void setTransferMode(TransferMode transferMode);
 };
diff --git a/examples/game/lib/game_world.dart b/examples/game/lib/game_world.dart
index e066db98dda89e86fdd3db1bfa84cde4740bb3e7..2101512992d37770000f09a082979f9e426a8c68 100644
--- a/examples/game/lib/game_world.dart
+++ b/examples/game/lib/game_world.dart
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class GameWorld extends TransformNode {
     SpriteNode sprt = new SpriteNode.withImage(_image);
     sprt.width = radius*2;
     sprt.height = radius*2;
+    sprt.colorOverlay = new Color(0x33ff0000);
+    sprt.transferMode = TransferMode.plusMode;
     body.userData = sprt;
     this.children.add(sprt);
   }
diff --git a/examples/game/lib/sprite_node.dart b/examples/game/lib/sprite_node.dart
index ca6296a82d133880872b01accd2b8af498951110..406a3f4ab442a98a546e816a7af5dc5c21767e8f 100644
--- a/examples/game/lib/sprite_node.dart
+++ b/examples/game/lib/sprite_node.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ class SpriteNode extends TransformNode {
   
   Image _image;
   bool constrainProportions = false;
+  double _opacity = 1.0;
+  Color colorOverlay;
+  TransferMode transferMode;
   
   SpriteNode() {
     this.pivot = new Vector2(0.5, 0.5);
@@ -15,7 +18,14 @@ class SpriteNode extends TransformNode {
     this.pivot = new Vector2(0.5, 0.5);
     _image = image;
   }
-  
+
+  double get opacity => _opacity;
+
+  void set opacity(double opacity) {
+    assert(opacity >= 0.0 && opacity <= 1.0);
+    _opacity = opacity;
+  }
+
   void paint(PictureRecorder canvas) {
 
     if (_image != null && _image.width > 0 && _image.height > 0) {
@@ -37,7 +47,18 @@ class SpriteNode extends TransformNode {
       }
       
       canvas.scale(scaleX, scaleY);
-      canvas.drawImage(_image, 0.0, 0.0, new Paint()..setARGB(255, 255, 255, 255));
+
+      // Setup paint object for opacity and transfer mode
+      Paint paint = new Paint();
+      paint.setARGB((255.0*_opacity).toInt(), 255, 255, 255);
+      if (colorOverlay != null) {
+        paint.setColorFilter(new ColorFilter(colorOverlay, TransferMode.srcATopMode));
+      }
+      if (transferMode != null) {
+        paint.setTransferMode(transferMode);
+      }
+
+      canvas.drawImage(_image, 0.0, 0.0, paint);
       canvas.restore();
     }
     else {