Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 452 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced The specular color is the color of the highlight (the shiny spot). It is typically white or a light color. The amount of specular color shown is determined by the glossi- ness and refl ectivity of the material and the intensity of lighting in the scene. You have two options for controlling the Color property of the material. By default, the material color is dark gray (RGB 80 80 80). Pick the current color setting in the edit box to display the Select Color dialog box and choose the color you want. See Figure 17-8. Picking the button to the right of the color edit box displays a drop-down list. If you select Color by Object in the drop-down list, the base color of the object is used as the diffuse color. The Image property allows you to apply an image or texture to control the appear- ance of the material. Picking in the image preview area displays a standard open dialog box. When you select an image, it is applied to the material and is displayed in the material preview area, Figure 17-9. Also, the texture editor is displayed with the RGB values New color swatch Pick a color Select a color model Pick to select an ACI color Pick to select a color book color Figure 17-8. Setting a color for a material. Color setting Pick to display drop-down list Image assigned to material Image-to-color ratio Glossiness setting Highlight type Figure 17-9. The property settings in the Generic category of a material created from scratch. A full-color image is provided on the companion website. www.g-wlearning.com/CAD/ A full-color image is provided on the companion website. www.g-wlearning.com/CAD/