Material Properties

Material( face, argument, value,...value )

face can be Front, Back, or Front_and_back. (Note that the material properties can be set separately for the front and back faces of a polygon.)

Table 12.5 shows the arguments and default values for Material arguments.

Table 12.5 Material Arguments and Default Values
Argument	Default Value	Meaning
AMBIENT	(0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.0)	Ambient color of material
DIFFUSE	(0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0)	Diffuse color of material
AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE		Both AMBIENT and DIFFUSE
SPECULAR	(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)	Specular color of material
SHININESS	0	Specular exponent that can range from 0 to 128.
EMISSION	(0, 0, 0, 1)	Emissive color of material