Properties of Colors and Materials

The advanced color and material properties you can assign are the following.

Diffusiveness:

The color of light diffusely reflected by the material. Diffuse reflection is typical of irregular surfaces such as layers of cement or sheets of paper. When a beam of light strikes a surface of this type, the rays are reflected in the most diverse directions. On average, they are reflected in all directions. In reality, diffusiveness is a function of the wavelength of the incident light relative to the the size of the bumps and hollows of the surface, but it is usually considered to be a constant.

Specular reflection:

The color of the light reflected specularly. Specular reflection is the light in a narrow cone-shaped beam where the angle of the incoming beam equals the angle of the reflected beam of light.

Transparency:

The amount of light that goes through the material as a ratio of the incident light.

Reflection:

The amount of light reflected specularly.