hi all

i want to build a shader around general color theory that when colors darken they tend to get more saturated and/or change hue. usually based on color temperature, ie an orange ball wont just fade to black but will reach red first.

so far i have a mix node, mixing two colors using a lambert as the bias.

my question is can i somehow pull unshadowed lambert data? i know there are compositing workarounds, or i could use takes but i want to try keep it all in the shader.

and then the next logical question is how would i mix three colors?

thanks

What about using the color correct VOP and using the luminance out of a lambert node as a lookup for the hue / saturation parameters? See the attached example.

As for pulling unshadowed surface data, why not use an illuminance loop and “forget” to call the shadow shaders?

cheers,
Abdelkareem

thanks anamous

your approach is interesting. i ended up just using the mix node after all as it gives you more control. thanks