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The Checker texture applies a checkerboard pattern, using the two input colors.

Aside from the attributes listed here, Checker inherits many other attributes from its parent node, Texture2d. In the table below, important attributes have their names listed in bold in the description column.

This node is MP safe

Node name Parents Classification MFn type Compatible function sets
checker texture2d texture/2d:drawdb/shader/texture/2d/checker kChecker kBase
kNamedObject
kDependencyNode
kTexture2d
kChecker

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layeredTexture, envCube, envSphere, envSky, envBall, envChrome, bump3d, uvChooser, bump2d, texture2d, ramp, file, cloth, water, stencil, fractal, bulge, grid, mountain, texture3d, projection, cloud, granite, crater, leather, stucco, brownian, solidFractal, marble, wood, rock, snow, defaultTextureList, place2dTexture, place3dTexture

Attributes (9)

color1, color1B, color1G, color1R, color2, color2B, color2G, color2R, contrast

Long name (short name) Type Default Flags
color1 (c1) float3 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 outputinputconnectablestorable
Color 1 is one of the two colors used to make up the the checkerboard pattern.
color1R (c1r) float 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The red component of color 1
color1G (c1g) float 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The green component of color 1
color1B (c1b) float 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The blue component of color 1
color2 (c2) float3 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorable
Color 2 is one of the two colors used to make up the the checkerboard pattern.
color2R (c2r) float 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The red component of color 2
color2G (c2g) float 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The green component of color 2
color2B (c2b) float 0.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The blue component of color 2
contrast (ct) float 1.0 outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Contrast controls how much the two input colors affect each other. When set to 1.0 (the default), the colors on the checkerboard are completely independent of each other. As Contrast is reduced, the colors blend more together. When Constrast is 0.0, you will not see a checker pattern, but rather just a single color that is the average of the two input colors.