diff --git a/tests-unit/comfy_extras_test/image_blend_test.py b/tests-unit/comfy_extras_test/image_blend_test.py
index 98c1e0eee..0e931b4b6 100644
--- a/tests-unit/comfy_extras_test/image_blend_test.py
+++ b/tests-unit/comfy_extras_test/image_blend_test.py
@@ -83,9 +83,39 @@ class TestImageBlend:
             )
 
     def test_output_clamped(self):
-        """Output values should always be clamped to [0, 1]."""
-        image1 = self.create_test_image(channels=3)
-        image2 = self.create_test_image(channels=4)
-        result = Blend.execute(image1, image2, 0.5, "normal")
+        """Output values should be clamped to [0, 1] even when intermediate
+        results would go negative.
+
+        With `difference` mode, image1=0 and image2=1, the unclamped blend
+        produces image1*(1-bf) + (image1-image2)*bf = -bf, which is negative.
+        The output therefore exercises the clamp branch.
+        """
+        image1 = torch.zeros(1, 8, 8, 3)
+        image2 = torch.ones(1, 8, 8, 3)
+        result = Blend.execute(image1, image2, 0.5, "difference")
         assert result[0].min() >= 0.0
         assert result[0].max() <= 1.0
+        # All pixels would be -0.5 without the clamp; verify they were clipped to 0.
+        assert torch.all(result[0] == 0.0)
+
+    def test_padding_value_is_one(self):
+        """Verify the padded channel(s) are filled with 1.0, not 0.0 or some
+        other value. This is the semantic guarantee of the channel-alignment
+        logic (it acts like an opaque alpha channel).
+
+        Setup: image1 has 3 channels of zeros, image2 has 4 channels of ones.
+        After padding, image1 becomes [0, 0, 0, X] where X is the pad value.
+        With `multiply` blend_mode and blend_factor=1.0:
+            output = image1 * (1 - 1) + (image1 * image2) * 1
+                   = image1 * image2
+                   = [0, 0, 0, X * 1] = [0, 0, 0, X]
+        So output channel 4 reveals the pad value used for image1.
+        """
+        image1 = torch.zeros(1, 4, 4, 3)
+        image2 = torch.ones(1, 4, 4, 4)
+        result = Blend.execute(image1, image2, 1.0, "multiply")
+        assert result[0].shape == (1, 4, 4, 4)
+        # First three channels: 0 * 1 = 0
+        assert torch.all(result[0][..., :3] == 0.0)
+        # Fourth channel: pad_value * 1 = pad_value -> must be 1.0
+        assert torch.all(result[0][..., 3] == 1.0)