Material.color

Description

The main color of the Material.

By default, Unity considers a color with the property name name "_Color" to be the main color. Use the [MainColor] ShaderLab Properties attribute to make Unity consider a color with a different property name to be the main color.

This is the same as calling GetColor or SetColor with the property name of the main color as a parameter.

Additional resources: SetColor, GetColor, ShaderLab: Properties, ShaderPropertyFlags.MainColor.

using UnityEngine;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Fade the color from red to green
    // back and forth over the defined duration

    Color colorStart = Color.red;
    Color colorEnd = Color.green;
    float duration = 1.0f;
    Renderer rend;

    void Start()
    {
        rend = GetComponent<Renderer> ();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float lerp = Mathf.PingPong(Time.time, duration) / duration;
        rend.material.color = Color.Lerp(colorStart, colorEnd, lerp);
    }
}