GLCOLORMATERIAL(3G)						   OpenGL Manual					       GLCOLORMATERIAL(3G)

NAME

       glColorMaterial - cause a material color to track the current color

C SPECIFICATION

       void glColorMaterial(GLenum face, GLenum mode);

PARAMETERS

       face
	   Specifies whether front, back, or both front and back material parameters should track the current color. Accepted values are GL_FRONT,
	   GL_BACK, and GL_FRONT_AND_BACK. The initial value is GL_FRONT_AND_BACK.

       mode
	   Specifies which of several material parameters track the current color. Accepted values are GL_EMISSION, GL_AMBIENT, GL_DIFFUSE,
	   GL_SPECULAR, and GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE. The initial value is GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE.

DESCRIPTION

       glColorMaterial specifies which material parameters track the current color. When GL_COLOR_MATERIAL is enabled, the material parameter or
       parameters specified by mode, of the material or materials specified by face, track the current color at all times.

       To enable and disable GL_COLOR_MATERIAL, call glEnable() and glDisable() with argument GL_COLOR_MATERIAL.  GL_COLOR_MATERIAL is initially
       disabled.

NOTES

       glColorMaterial makes it possible to change a subset of material parameters for each vertex using only the glColor() command, without
       calling glMaterial(). If only such a subset of parameters is to be specified for each vertex, calling glColorMaterial is preferable to
       calling glMaterial().

       Call glColorMaterial before enabling GL_COLOR_MATERIAL.

       Calling glDrawElements(), glDrawArrays(), or glDrawRangeElements() may leave the current color indeterminate, if the color array is
       enabled. If glColorMaterial is enabled while the current color is indeterminate, the lighting material state specified by face and mode is
       also indeterminate.

       If the GL version is 1.1 or greater, and GL_COLOR_MATERIAL is enabled, evaluated color values affect the results of the lighting equation
       as if the current color were being modified, but no change is made to the tracking lighting parameter of the current color.

ERRORS

       GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if face or mode is not an accepted value.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glColorMaterial is executed between the execution of glBegin() and the corresponding execution of
       glEnd().

ASSOCIATED GETS

       glIsEnabled() with argument GL_COLOR_MATERIAL

       glGet() with argument GL_COLOR_MATERIAL_PARAMETER

       glGet() with argument GL_COLOR_MATERIAL_FACE

SEE ALSO

       glColor(), glColorPointer(), glDrawArrays(), glDrawElements(), glDrawRangeElements(), glEnable(), glLight(), glLightModel(), glMaterial()

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see
       http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.

AUTHORS

       opengl.org

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