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Controlling appearance with materials
Syntax: Material

  • A Material node controls:
  • diffuse color - reflects all light sources, depending on angle of surface
  • specular color - highlight color
  • shininess - highlight size
  • ambient intensity - ambient lighting effects
  • emissiveColor - glowing objects
    • ambient color = ambientIntensity * diffuseColor