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title: "Base"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/WOOD_F529187085D24B5898C69662D0870EA2-CZXIJCLIAFATAE3NOQ7O_2.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Material > Wood material > Base"
element_id: "WOOD_F529187085D24B5898C69662D0870EA2"
group_id: "CZXIJCLIAFATAE3NOQ7O_2"
description: "Use this setting to define the base color of the wood, which will generally be a shade of brown."
---

## Base

### Color

Parameter ID: `INPORT_TWO9XV_ZH17K__L5P1QRI2`

Use this setting to define the base color of the wood, which will generally be a shade of brown.

### Grain

Parameter ID: `INPORT_AQFJ0HZGGBBV5UWYP2P1R3` · Range: [0..100%]

![Image: 043223.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/043223.jpg)\
At left a smaller Grain value, at right a larger Grain value.

Here you can add a small Noise effect to add some variation. Small values will disable the respective effect, larger values will strengthen the effect correspondingly.