Hi, as you can see from this image, the gradient works vertical. I am trying to make it horizontal so that the colours would flow between extreme edges of the bent plane. I am not sure what to change. I fiddled with almost all values I can change. Thanks.
You would want to separate XYZ and choose the one the give the result.
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Hi, you could try connecting the uv instead of the generated and change the orientation in the mapping.
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If I understand correctly what you want to achieve, you could try using vertex colors instead of the gradient texture:
Paint the whole thing black, and end vertices - white. Use vertex color to drive the color ramp in shader editor.
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Thanks for the suggestions all of you.I managed to switch the orientation. I am trying to replicate the MS Office logo colours. This is what I have now. Not sure how I will be able to make the gradient look smooth
you can create a plane, stretch it, subdivide it:
make it follow a curve:
give it this node setup, the gradient will follow from the start to the end of the plane:
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Sadly, I am not sure how to draw such a perfect curve like that in Blender.
you can either create the shape with vertices then convert to curve (header menu > Object > Convert To > Curve), or create a curve, go in Edit mode, select all and press V > Vector to get orthogonal vertices, then extrude to get the final shape
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I am able to create vertices in Edit mode. But there is no " Object " menu. It comes only when I move to " Object Mode ", but in " Object Mode ", I cannot access / see the vertices I created.
The curve created is very curvy even after pressing v
Thanks
Imported from Inkscape, the curve is now fine. But when I try the curve modifier, it ends up like this. Not sure why such an anomaly. Please see
try this: select the curve, in Edit mode right click and Switch Direction
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select the curve, not the mesh object
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hard to say, please share your file: https://pasteall.org/blend/
also when you reply to someone, please use the Reply button under the person’s post, otherwise he won’t be noticed
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Thanks. I will try the same 
I copied the link from the address bar. Hope that is fine
so you just need to move your plane on the X axis and you are good, no?
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I am trying to create something like this. I extruded edges to achieve this. But I think your way is more Blender like
Possibly because of this method, I am not able to use ctrl +B on edges. And, I forgot to use " reply " button. Sorry.
And the gradient distribution seems to get stuck at edges. Not flowing smooth I guess.
not sure what you mean, with the file you sent I’ve got the result you want by moving the plane on the X axis, you just need to give it the material I showed
you need to increase the curve resolution though, otherwise the angles won’t be good
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