# Tinting textures in Wolvenkit ## Summary **Created:** Jul 18 2025 by [mana vortex](https://app.gitbook.com/u/NfZBoxGegfUqB33J9HXuCs6PVaC3 "mention")\ **Last documented update:** Jul 18 2025 by [mana vortex](https://app.gitbook.com/u/NfZBoxGegfUqB33J9HXuCs6PVaC3 "mention") This page will show you how to create colour variants of textured materials without recolouring textures. ## The problem Who doesn't know it? You have a textured shirt, and you want to create multiple colour variants. Most game engines "solve" this by including a different-coloured texture. This leads to huge mod files and [bad performance](https://wiki.redmodding.org/cyberpunk-2077-modding/3d-modelling/on-4k-textures-and-high-poly-meshes#texture-resolution-and-visual-return) and thus, we do not like it. Fortunately, Cyberpunk materials are smarter than this. ## The solution Many shaders offer a parameter to **tint** textures on-the-fly by setting a material property:

`base\characters\garment\player_equipment\torso\t2_115_jacket__military\t2_115_pma_jacket__military.mesh`

As you can see, both materials are using the same textures — the tinting happens via `BaseColorScale` parameter. You can use that to avoid texture duplication. See [#supporting-materials](#supporting-materials "mention") for a list. ### How to add the parameter 1. Select the material's **values** array 2. In the panel on the right, click the yellow + button 3. In the "Select Existing Type" popup, select Vector or Color

4. If your parameter is a vector, **change its name** to `BaseColorScale` or `HSV_Mod`, then re-select the node in Wolvenkit to see the colour editor ## Supporting materials ### Paramter: BaseColorScale

Material	Parameter type
cyberware_animation	Color
device_diode	Color
devide_diode_multi_state	Color
metal_base_alpha_animated	Vector
metal_base_atlas_animation	Color
metal_base_glitter	Color
blackwall_blendable_metal_base	Vector
3d_map_cubes	Color
3d_map_terrain	Color
cable	Vector
cloth_mov	Vector
cloth_tarps_pbr	Color
cloth_tarps_pbr_no_vat	Color
cloth_wind_proxy	Vector
decal_forward	Color
decal_terrain_projected	Vector
earth_globe	Color
emissive_control	Color
glass_cracked_edge	Vector
ice_ver_mov_translucent	Color
lights_interactive	Vector
metal_base_bink	Color
metal_base_det	Vector
metal_base_det_dithered	Vector
metal_base_dithered	Vector
metal_base_gradientmap_recolor	Vector
metal_:base_parallax	Vector
metal_base_trafficlight_proxy	Vector
neon_parallax	Vector
presimulated_particles	Color
proxy_ad	Color
q116_mikoshi_floor	Color
q202_lake_surface	Color
road_debug_grid	Color
speedtree_3d_v8_onesided_gradient_recolor	Vector
spline_deformed_metal_base	Color
vehicle_lights	Vector
ver_mov	Color
ver_skinned_mov	Color
ver_skinned_mov_parade	Color
windows_parallax_interior_proxy_buiffer	Color
window_very_long_distance	Color
worldspace_grid	Color

### Parameter: HSV\_Mod

Material name	Parameter type
metal_base_blackbody	Vector
parallaxscreen	Vector
fx_mesh_decal__blackbody	Vector