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title: "Point Attribute"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/r3d/katana/en-us/Content/html/Point%2BAttribute.html"
section_path: "Shaders > Attributes Shaders > Point Attribute"
description: "This shader gives you access to color and scalar per-point particle attributes. This can be used as an alternative to the more flexible Color User Data …"
---

# Point Attribute

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# Point Attribute

## Introduction

This shader gives you access to color and scalar per-point particle attributes. This can be used as an alternative to the more flexible [Color User Data](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/katana/en-us/Content/html/Color%2BUser%2BData.html.md) and [Scalar User Data](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/katana/en-us/Content/html/Scalar%2BUser%2BData.html.md) nodes, which can access point, object and vertex attributes.

## Parameters

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### Attribute Name

This is the name of the point attribute that will be read.

### Out Color

### Out Scalar

Here you can find the data read from the point attributes.