Unity Script Reference

Material Inherits from Object

The material class.

This class exposes all properties from a material, allowing you to animate them. You can also use it to set custom shader properties that can't be accessed through the inspector (e.g. matrices).

In order to get the material used by an object, use the Renderer.material property: See Also: Materials, ShaderLab documentation.

JavaScript

renderer.material.color = Color.red;

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void Example() {
        renderer.material.color = Color.red;
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def Example():
        renderer.material.color = Color.red

Variables

shader	The shader used by the material.
color	The main material's color.
mainTexture	The material's texture.
mainTextureOffset	The texture offset of the main texture.
mainTextureScale	The texture scale of the main texture.
passCount	How many passes are in this material (Read Only).
renderQueue	Render queue of this material.
shaderKeywords	Additional shader keywords set by this material.

Constructors

Material

Create a temporary material from a shader source string.

Functions

SetColor	Set a named color value.
GetColor	Get a named color value.
SetVector	Set a named vector value.
GetVector	Get a named vector value.
SetTexture	Set a named texture.
GetTexture	Get a named texture.
SetTextureOffset	Sets the placement offset of texture propertyName.
GetTextureOffset	Gets the placement offset of texture propertyName.
SetTextureScale	Sets the placement scale of texture propertyName.
GetTextureScale	Gets the placement scale of texture propertyName.
SetMatrix	Set a named matrix for the shader.
GetMatrix	Get a named matrix value from the shader.
SetFloat	Set a named float value.
GetFloat	Get a named float value.
SetBuffer
HasProperty	Checks if material's shader has a property of a given name.
GetTag	Get the value of material's shader tag.
Lerp	Interpolate properties between two materials.
SetPass	Activate the given pass for rendering.
CopyPropertiesFromMaterial	Copy properties from other material into this material.

Inherited members

Inherited Variables

name	The name of the object.
hideFlags	Should the object be hidden, saved with the scene or modifiable by the user?

Inherited Functions

GetInstanceID	Returns the instance id of the object.
ToString	Returns the name of the game object.

Inherited Class Functions

operator bool
Instantiate	Clones the object original and returns the clone.
Destroy	Removes a gameobject, component or asset.
DestroyImmediate	Destroys the object obj immediately. It is strongly recommended to use Destroy instead.
FindObjectsOfType	Returns a list of all active loaded objects of Type type.
FindObjectOfType	Returns the first active loaded object of Type type.
operator ==	Compares if two objects refer to the same.
operator !=	Compares if two objects refer to a different object.
DontDestroyOnLoad	Makes the object target not be destroyed automatically when loading a new scene.