Coloring Faces for Mesh Objects

[Ntxdave]

@dsilverz

You need to first add a second material to the object (step 1 in the picture), then pick the material containing the other color you want to use for this newly-created slot (steps 2 and 3), then finally assign this second slot to the selected face (step 4). You can do the same steps for additional colors, just make sure you’re in edit mode (like you are in the screenshot), make sure the newly-created slot is selected in the panel under that “1” arrow from my picture, and make sure the faces you intend a new color are the ones currently selected before you click the button “Assign”.

@etn249

Each object has its own separate list of materials. In your scene, only the cube has a list with multiple materials, that’s why you can’t assign them to the other objects.

If you want multiple materials on a second object, you have to create material slots on that new object too and assign materials to those slots like @dsilverz explained.

OK, you guys have solved the problem for me. Clicking the + turned out to be the real key and now I understand be issue about each object having it own set of materials. Since I kind of kney ahead of time the colors I wanted to use. I went off and created a set of materials and then using the + and then going to the list of materials in the model, I was able to successfully assign the wanted material to the portion of the object I wanted to color.

For me, understanding this is a big step forward.