Blend mode in Particle Generator

A blend mode i set for a particle generator seems to effect the partiles as a whole, but not individualy. I am using Darken for example. The particles darken the background, but not each other. Is there a way to make them darken each other?

Blend modes do not work between particles...with the excpetion of the "Additive Blend" option provided in the particle cell inspector... that's unfortunate.
You can achieve good "separation" by applying a drop shadow to the Particle Source.
You cannot get a true Darken effect, but I'm going to outline a cheat to get some interesting effects (this assumes your particle source is a shape, white in color -- colorization is controlled by the Particle Cell color controls.)
[For a quasi-darken effect, use Color Over Live, with a darker color on the left grading to a lighter color to the right. You will want to start with Additive Blend turned off -- you can turn it on afterwards to see if you like the effect.]
With the Particle source selected, in Properties, turn on the Drop Shadow (you will want to experiment with the color -- depending on the mode you choose.) Soft Light, Color Burn, Color Dodge, Hard Light, Hard Mix (sometimes) and possibly the Stencil/Silhouette group will create some interesting different effects. [Remember to experiment with drop shadow color.] 
You can adjust transparency with the Particle source (Properties) Blending Transparency, the Fill Opacity (shape tab) or use the Opacity control in the Particle Cell color control.
Since we're cheating here, watch out for a specific effect "sticking" (usually you can snap out of it by sliding one of the gradient sliders in the particle cell color control.)
These settings created a sort of lozenge looking shape -- color gradient on cell is a medium dark orange to a medium light orange. Drop Shadow is a green and the blend mode set to Soft Light.
Below (same frame as above) is a white drop shadow with Silhouette Alpha blend mode...
HTH
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