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title: "Color User Data"
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description: "Attribute color data (RGBA or RGB) can be stored per object or per point on a point cloud. This shader node gives you access to that attribute data …"
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# Color User Data

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# Color User Data

## Introduction

Attribute color data (RGBA or RGB) can be stored per object or per point on a point cloud. This shader node gives you access to that attribute data, facilitating object or point shading variation without requiring different materials.

> **Important:** User Data does not work with volume shading.

## Parameters

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### Attribute Name

The name of the user attribute assigned to the object or point cloud.

### Presets Button

This button lets you quickly access read data from your scene by filling the Attribute Name field with one of the following common sources:

- MoGraph
  - Color
  - Index Ratio
- Objects
  - Object Color
  - Display Color
  - Layer Color
  - Geometry ID Color
  - Geometry ID Color with Alpha
- Particles
  - Particle Color
  - Particle Color with Alpha

### Default

This is the color that will be output by the shader if the attribute is not found on the object or point cloud.