Randomize Color by Gradient

This compound uses a gradient to add a random value to the particle color.

Plug this compound's Out output into any Color port, such as that on the Emit compound.

For more information, see Randomizing and Turbulizing the Color.

Category: Color

Tasks: Particles/Modifiers

Output Ports: out

Gradient

Defines the particle color based on the colors in the gradient bar. The particle color is taken from this gradient randomly at emission time.

• You can set the color in each box below the gradient by selecting it and then using the color sliders.

• You can add more boxes by clicking anywhere beneath the gradient, or remove boxes by selecting them and pressing Delete.

• Set the position of each box by dragging it, or enter a value between 0 and 1 in the Pos text box below.

• Drag the small circles above the gradient to set the range of each color defined in a box.

Animated

Toggles the animation of the randomness; that is, whether it varies over time or not.

Seed

This number is used as the basis for the randomization of the particle parameters. Change the seed value to get a different random generation of values.



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