If you would like, please feel free to experiment with the color chooser to get familiar with how you can get the color you need in 3D Studio MAX ( 3ds max ). Finally set back the color to dark Red and close the color chooser by clicking 'Close'.

Now our Diffuse parameter has got Red color in it. Also the color gets reflected in the sphere slot in the Material Editor in 3D Studio MAX ( 3ds max ). But you might ask why the color is not prominent. It is because a Reflection map has been assigned to the material already. We will see that soon. Noticed the small square button to the right of the Diffuse field pointed to by the arrow in our top figure (2. Assign Map). It overrides the Diffuse color with a Map in 3D Studio MAX ( 3ds max ). A map has already been applied to the Reflection parameter to our material when we imported it from Material Library. That map makes the effect of our reddish colored Diffuse subtle. You might complain that you can't see any Reflection parameter. Don't worry. In addition to the Diffuse, Specular, Ambient we have a large no: of parameters. They are all present in the Maps rollout at the bottom region of the Material Editor. For our convenience, in 3D Studio MAX ( 3DS MAX ), the common 3 parameters are given at the top . Ok?

We won't assign any Maps to the Diffuse property right now. But don't forget that clicking on the button to the right of the Diffuse, Specular, Ambient etc properties lets us assign maps to it. Now lets proceed to the next page of this tutorial