Base color isn't changing

HSG · January 30, 2025, 7:20pm

I was following a YouTube tutorial to make the texture look like wood, but nothing I was doing was changing the material, it remained red. I tried with different materials and models, but it still remained red. What can I do?

HSG · January 30, 2025, 7:24pm

Also, the only thing that seems to change is the metallic property, turning the object’s color to a gray, as if it were colorless.

digitvisions · January 30, 2025, 7:32pm

Hi, go to the shading mode and check there.

HSG · January 30, 2025, 7:36pm

Hi! Nothing has changed.

digitvisions · January 30, 2025, 7:40pm

A screenshot of your shader will help.

HSG · January 30, 2025, 7:50pm

I tried increasing the metallic value and for some reason it worked… is this a bug?

digitvisions · January 30, 2025, 7:53pm

Not that i am aware of. To be a bug you will have to re produce it.
Your first image material is 004 the last one is 003?

HSG · January 30, 2025, 8:07pm

I tried creating a new material and using the same node setup, and it worked.
And yes, I had tried with different materials, and all of them were turning red, that’s why they have different numbers.

HSG · January 30, 2025, 8:12pm

Here it is without any changes to the metallic. Here it is with no changes to the metallic value. Above 400 it gets closer to the configured color.

digitvisions · January 30, 2025, 8:16pm

Why not show all the texture setup? why you have cropped it?

HSG · January 30, 2025, 8:21pm

Are you referring to that? I apologize, it was unintentional.

digitvisions · January 30, 2025, 8:25pm

If you reproduced it then it must be a bug, i am on 4,2 so never came across it.

HSG · January 30, 2025, 8:29pm

Got it. I’m using the latest Blender version from Steam.

Javier_Coroy_Morales · February 17, 2025, 8:23pm

its probably a bug, change the IQR to 1.000, in the shadingsettings that should resolve the problem however if you change this value it would be red again so I recomend to install another version

DNorman · February 17, 2025, 9:21pm

Yes something strange here.
What I do not understand is why the background of the material preview is red. It should be a grey checkered pattern.

I would say there is something wrong either with the blender version or some weird add-on, as far as I know there is no way to change that background to red.

Xlem · February 17, 2025, 9:40pm

Yeah I’m noticing that too, maybe your world lighting itself is red? I didn’t even know you could change that background there

DNorman · February 17, 2025, 9:44pm

Not mine, it is the OP’s screenshot, I can not reproduce.

I do not think you can (unless there is a hidden setting I am not aware of)

It is linked to the colour management settings but I still do not know how to make it red

False colour is the only one that will colour it (although you still see the checkered background).

Lumpengnom · February 17, 2025, 9:58pm

Perhaps a red volume scatter or absorption in the world shader?