Interrogating model to get applied colours...

[jhiker]

See attached pic.
I have three cubes and I have applied a similar but different colour to each of them from the RAL & Pantone colour palletes.
They are easily confused, being so similar.
Is there a way to subsequently interrogate them and see which actual colour I applied to each of the cubes?
I can only see '....cube..._mat/mat#1/mat#2 etc. in the tree or in the properties.
This must be possible, right...?

[Speedster]

As you apply and possibly tweak each color, immediately rename the material.  Then click "Save to Folder" and chose a folder from the drop-down.  For your own reference, or customs, it's best to open a new folder, either in a new category, or within the mother folder.  Do for each color.

It does not matter if you tweak or not- all that matters is that you have renamed it to suit your use.  In the case of Pantone or RAL, just rename each to the original name/number.

Bill G

[jhiker]

Nice tip, Bill - thanks!

[Claus Jensen]

You can also hover the color in the material editor to get the name of the color you applied. This will of course be cleared if you changed the color.

[Arnaud]

Hi

It could be useful to have the possibilty to display a little flag on each object with the material / color used.
Would be also useful to have a report including all the materials and colors used in a project.