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The material library

All 78 materials by category, with a picture and a line on what each one looks like.

Open the library with Browse on the Material page, then click a category on the left to see just that group. This page goes through every one of them. How to use a material (filling, brushing, recolouring) is in Materials.

How they work

A material is a ready-made pattern that is painted onto the part you fill or brush. Each one is made to lay a particular way, and the browser knows which: most wrap around the part, a few are built to lay differently. In the browser’s filter drawer, Lay lists the ways (Wraps around, World and 3D) with how many materials lay each way, and narrows the library to the one you pick. A way that no material holds isn’t offered. It works with search and in every category.

The card on the Material page says how a material takes your colour: fixed colours, tints with your colour or its glow takes your colour. Whichever it says, Hue, Saturation, Vibrance, Brightness and Contrast recolour it, and the Colours list changes its own colours one by one. Materials appear in the browser at once, download the first time you use one, and stay on your computer after that.

Basic

Two plain starting points.

The Basic category of the material browser: Base, Honey Moon.
  • Base: a neutral grey, rough surface to build on.
  • Honey Moon: a soft yellow glow that warms to orange at the bottom.

Egg shells

Glossy shells made for eggs.

The Egg shells category of the material browser: Cosmic, Jelly, Stargazing.
  • Cosmic: deep purple with tiny stars and a bright highlight.
  • Jelly: a blue shell with an orange cap and a red base.
  • Stargazing: a bright, glossy sky blue.

Nature

Animals, plants and ground.

The Nature category of the material browser: Fly Agaric, Fawn, Turtle Shell, Cracked Earth, Cartoon Bark, Meadow Zigzag, Giraffe, Bamboo, Paw Prints, Colourful Paws, Cactus, Dragon Scales.
  • Fly Agaric: a red toadstool cap with white spots.
  • Fawn: a brown coat with white spots.
  • Turtle Shell: green scutes with dark seams.
  • Cracked Earth: dry orange-brown plates with cracks between them.
  • Cartoon Bark: warm wood with dark grain lines.
  • Meadow Zigzag: green with wavy lines.
  • Giraffe: orange patches parted by cream lines.
  • Bamboo: green canes with ridges.
  • Paw Prints: white with soft pink paw prints.
  • Colourful Paws: white with bright, multicoloured paw prints.
  • Cactus: green ribs dotted with spines.
  • Dragon Scales: overlapping red and orange scales.

Sand

Warm, soft ground.

The Sand category of the material browser: Plain Sand, Desert Dunes.
  • Plain Sand: smooth, pale sand.
  • Desert Dunes: layered, wavy dunes.

Water

The Water category of the material browser: Pool Caustics.
  • Pool Caustics: blue water with a net of white light, like a pool floor.

Gems

Crystals and rainbow stones.

The Gems category of the material browser: Ruby Crystal, Holo Crystal, Ice Shards, Rainbow Crystal, Rainbow Stones, Rainbow Lines.
  • Ruby Crystal: red facets with sparkles.
  • Holo Crystal: blue holographic facets.
  • Ice Shards: pale blue ice with sparkles.
  • Rainbow Crystal: crystals that shift through every colour.
  • Rainbow Stones: white stones with glowing rainbow seams.
  • Rainbow Lines: white with thin rainbow contour lines.

Gradients

Smooth colour blends.

The Gradients category of the material browser: Sunset, Nebula, Cotton Candy, Deep Ocean.
  • Sunset: pink and purple melting into peach.
  • Nebula: a purple and pink space cloud with stars.
  • Cotton Candy: soft white, pink and mint.
  • Deep Ocean: bright teal sinking into deep blue.

Rock and lava

Stone you can build with, and fire.

The Rock and lava category of the material browser: Ember Crust, Lava Flow, Stone Plates, Stacked Stone, Worn Stone Plates, Worn Stacked Stone, Lava (pure).
  • Ember Crust: dark rock with glowing orange cracks.
  • Lava Flow: flowing bands of red, orange and yellow.
  • Stone Plates: rounded grey plates.
  • Stacked Stone: grey stones laid like bricks.
  • Worn Stone Plates: the same plates, weathered.
  • Worn Stacked Stone: the same stacked stones, weathered.
  • Lava (pure): glowing, molten orange.

Candy

The Candy category of the material browser: Peppermint Swirl, Cupcake.
  • Peppermint Swirl: red and white spiral stripes.
  • Cupcake: white icing with sprinkles over chocolate.

Fabric

Cloth with stitches.

The Fabric category of the material browser: Voodoo Doll, Patchwork Doll.
  • Voodoo Doll: beige cloth, dark stitches and a red patch.
  • Patchwork Doll: patches of dots, stripes and plain cloth joined by stitches. Its Colours are Patch A, Patch B, Seams and Stitches.

Neon

Glowing lines on dark.

The Neon category of the material browser: Neon Circuit, Hacker Circuit, Bold Circuit, Holographic Grid, Glitch.
  • Neon Circuit: blue and pink circuit lines.
  • Hacker Circuit: green circuit lines.
  • Bold Circuit: thick, white glowing lines.
  • Holographic Grid: a cyan grid.
  • Glitch: streaks of purple and cyan, like a broken screen.

Space

Night skies.

The Space category of the material browser: Constellation Night, Moonlight, Deep Starfield, Pastel Galaxy, Shooting Stars.
  • Constellation Night: stars joined by lines on dark blue.
  • Moonlight: purple with yellow stars and a crescent moon.
  • Deep Starfield: a dark sky with a band of stars.
  • Pastel Galaxy: pink and blue clouds with stars.
  • Shooting Stars: a dark purple sky with streaks.

Autumn

The Autumn category of the material browser: Harvest Plaid, Candy Corn, Maple Print, Leaf Mosaic, Apple Skin, Autumn Sunset, Chestnut.
  • Harvest Plaid: orange and brown plaid.
  • Candy Corn: bands of orange, yellow and white.
  • Maple Print: cream with red and orange maple leaves.
  • Leaf Mosaic: a mosaic of orange, yellow and red cells.
  • Apple Skin: red with fine vertical streaks.
  • Autumn Sunset: pink and purple fading to orange.
  • Chestnut: glossy brown stripes over a pale base.

Winter

The biggest category.

The Winter category of the material browser: Ice Cells, Snowfall, Snowflake Print, Frozen Lake, Igloo Blocks, Holiday Plaid, Nordic Knit, Winter Argyle, Gingerbread Dough, Gingerbread Icing, Ornament Glass, Winter Gradient, Cocoa Swirl.
  • Ice Cells: pale blue cells with blue seams.
  • Snowfall: white snow dots on dark.
  • Snowflake Print: blue with white snowflakes.
  • Frozen Lake: pale ice with cracks.
  • Igloo Blocks: white blocks with blue lines.
  • Holiday Plaid: red and green plaid with gold lines.
  • Nordic Knit: red knit with a white snowflake pattern.
  • Winter Argyle: blue and white diamonds.
  • Gingerbread Dough: brown with white icing swirls.
  • Gingerbread Icing: red with a gingerbread man.
  • Ornament Glass: a glossy red bauble with gold stripes.
  • Winter Gradient: light blue deepening to blue.
  • Cocoa Swirl: chocolate with cream swirls.

Fun

The Fun category of the material browser: Riveted Metal, Watermelon Rind, Race Checker, Disco Mirror, Beach Ball, Red Brick, Orange Peel.
  • Riveted Metal: grey plates with rivets.
  • Watermelon Rind: green stripes.
  • Race Checker: black and white checks.
  • Disco Mirror: mirror tiles with a few coloured ones.
  • Beach Ball: blue, yellow and red panels.
  • Red Brick: red bricks with pale mortar.
  • Orange Peel: dimpled orange.

Grow

The last entry in the browser’s rail is Grow: things that grow out of a part rather than lie on it, such as rocks, crystals, flowers and snow. They have their own page: Grow.