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Color Modes
Description
Shader Graph can display colors on nodes in your graph to improve readability. This feature uses Color Modes to change which colors to display in the graph. Use the Color Mode: drop-down menu in the top right corner of the Shader Graph Window to change the Color Modes.
Modes
Name | Description |
---|---|
None | Does not display colors on the nodes. All nodes use the default gray. |
Category | Displays colors on the nodes based on their assigned category. See Category Colors below. |
Precision | Displays colors on the nodes based on the current Precision Type in use. |
User Defined | Lets you set the display colors on a per-node basis. These are custom colors for your graph. See User Defined Colors below. |
Category Colors
This mode displays colors on the nodes based on their category. See the Node Library to learn about the different categories available.
The table below lists current categories and their corresponding colors.
Name | Color | Hex Value |
---|---|---|
Artistic | #DB773B | |
Channel | #97D13D | |
Input | #CB3022 | |
Math | #4B92F3 | |
Procedural | #9C4FFF | |
Utility | #AEAEAE | |
UV | #08D78B |
Note: Sub Graph nodes in a main Shader Graph fall in the Utility category. If you select Category mode, all Sub Graphs use the Utility color.
Precision Colors
This mode displays colors on the nodes based on their current precision. If you set a node to Inherit Precision, the display color reflects the currently active precision. See Precision Modes for more information about inheritance.
The table below lists current precision types and their corresponding colors.
Name | Color | Hex Value |
---|---|---|
Half | #CB3022 | |
Float | #4B92F3 |
User Defined Colors
This mode displays colors on the nodes based on user preferences. In this mode, the user defines colors for each node. If a custom color is not set, the node displays in the default gray.
To set a custom color for a node, right-click on the target node to bring up the the context menu, and select Color.
Option | Description |
---|---|
Change... | Brings up a color picker menu and lets you set your own custom color on the node. |
Reset | Removes the currently selected color and sets it to the default gray. |
Overriding Default Colors
For each project, you can override preset colors in the Category and Precision modes. Unity uses a .uss
style sheet and Hex color codes to set colors. The default style sheet in your project is Packages/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Resources/Styles/ColorMode.uss
.
The best practice is to create a copy of this file to override the presets. Under your project's Assets folder, create a new Editor/Resources/Styles
folder structure, and place a copy of ColorMode.uss
in the Styles
folder. Change the Hex color codes in this .uss
file to override the presets and use your own custom colors for the Category and Precision modes.