Adding a material

Learn to create a new Material and assign it to your cube.

Material

A Material is the asset that decides how the surface of an object looks. You create a new material in the Project window with Create > Material. Changing its name in the Inspector makes it easy to find later.

Project > Create > Material
Ad: KupMalzemesi

A material does not affect scene objects until it is assigned; giving it a color and assigning it to the cube comes next.

Color and assignment

The base color of a material is set by its Albedo option; you can pick any color from the color picker. To assign the material, drag it from the Project window and drop it onto the cube in the scene. After the assignment the material shows up in the Mesh Renderer section of the Inspector when the cube is selected.

Albedo: turuncu (#FF6A00)
Atama: materyali kupun uzerine surukle-birak

This way the cube appears in the color you chose instead of gray.

Exercise Print the material info

Hold the material name as "KupMalzemesi" and the color as "turuncu" in two string variables. Print both on one line in the form Materyal: KupMalzemesi, Renk: turuncu.

Show example solution

using System;

class Materyal {
    static void Main() {
        string materyalAdi = "KupMalzemesi";
        string renk = "turuncu";
        Console.WriteLine("Materyal: " + materyalAdi + ", Renk: " + renk);
    }
}

Test yourself

Where is a new material created?
- By right-clicking an empty area of the Hierarchy window
- In the Project window with Create > Material
- Next to the Play button on the Toolbar
- By typing into the Position field of the Inspector
Show answer

In the Project window with Create > Material — Materials are project assets and are created in the Project window with Create > Material.

Write the Albedo color

string albedoRenk = "#____";

Show answer

string albedoRenk = "#FF6A00";

Material parts

Material

Defines the surface look of an object
Albedo

The base color of the material
Create > Material

The way to create a new material
Atama

Linking the material to the cube

Next lesson: Testing in Play mode

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