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title: "Color User Data"
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section_path: "Shaders > Attributes Shaders > Color User Data"
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.

Redshift 2025.4 and newer support color and scalar per-vertex attributes on hair primitives. These attributes are automatically extracted and made available in shaders using the Color User Data node.

## Parameters

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### Attribute Name

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

### Default

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