If Pixel Presentation (0008,9205) is TRUE_COLOR and there are more than one Item in the Presentation State Classification Component Sequence (0070,1801), the Presentation State Compositor Component Sequence (0070,1805) defines the transformations of the multiple RGB data streams produced by the Classification components into one RGB output stream, a process known as "compositing".

Each Item in Presentation State Compositor Component Sequence (0070,1805) describes one two-input "compositing component" in which two RGBA inputs are composited into one RGB output. The first compositor component in the Sequence combines the outputs of the first two classification components to produce one RGB output. Subsequent compositor components combine the output of the previous compositor component with the output of the next classification component to produce one RGB output. This process continues until the RGB outputs of all classification components are composited into a single RGB output.

Each classification component produces a RGBA output, while each compositor component has two RGBA inputs to produce a RGB output. This means that all compositor components after the first in the Sequence have only one Alpha input available, that is the Alpha value from the next classification component output to be composited. In this case, (1-Alpha) is used in place of the Alpha input missing from the previous compositing component.

The internal structure and usage of the Compositor component is described in Section FF.2.3.3.2 “Internal Structure of RGB and RGBA Compositor Components” in PS3.4.