osx man page for glcolormaterial

GLCOLORMATERIAL(3G)													       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  dis-
       abled.

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  inde-
       terminate.

       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

															       GLCOLORMATERIAL(3G)