Material doesn't have a color property '_Color'

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Hi, my console write me this error: Material doesn't have a color property '_Color' UnityEngine.Material:get_color() material_switch:Start() (at Assets/Scripts/CS script/material_switch.cs:14) But i dont know what is it. Any idea how to fix it? here is my source code:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class material_switch : MonoBehaviour {
     
     public Material original_material;
     public Shader original_shader;
     public Color original_color;
     public Material edit_material;
 
     public void Start () {
         original_material = transform.renderer.material;
         original_shader = transform.renderer.material.shader;
         original_color = transform.renderer.material.color;
     }
 
     public void restoreMaterial() {
         transform.renderer.material = original_material;
         transform.renderer.material.color = original_color;
         transform.renderer.material.shader = original_shader;
     }
 
     public void saveMaterial() {
         original_material = transform.renderer.material;
         original_shader = transform.renderer.material.shader;
         original_color = transform.renderer.material.color;
     }
     
     public void setEditMode() {
         transform.renderer.material = edit_material;
         transform.renderer.material.shader = Shader.Find ("Diffuse");
         transform.renderer.material.color = new Color32(72,114,19,255);
     }
     
     
 
 }

Thanks

Kind regards Thomas

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Answer by robertbu · Aug 17, 2014 at 02:14 PM

Not all shaders support main color. First check the material. You should see a color selection tool on the right and on the left you will usually see "Color" or "Main Color". If your material does have a color selection box, then it does not support color. If you have a selection box, open the shader and see if that color is named _Color.

Only a fraction of the shaders that ship with Unity have a _Color property.

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Raynoko · Aug 18, 2014 at 07:06 AM 0

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yes, i know that yet :D i had a lot of free time fot this problem, and i solved that :) but so thnaks for your time and helpful message.

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Answer by OZAV · Jul 09, 2016 at 07:35 AM

As many will still bump into this thread (and no threads on Unity issues will ever be old):

-Just try using some of shaders under: Particles - "Additive" or any of them, in the particles-"additive" list of shaders ...

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