The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics, 8th Edition

13 Viewport Shading

• 13.1 Viewport Shading Options
• 13.2 Wireframe Viewport Shading
• 13.3 Solid Viewport Shading
• 13.4 Color Display Options (Figure 13.13)
• 13.5 Background Displays
• 13.6 More Solid Viewport Shading
• 13.7 Rendered Viewport Shading
• 13.8 Material Preview Shading
• 13.9 World Settings
• 13.10 Simplified Viewport Shading

Viewport Shading

Definitions: Viewport: The View in an Editor. Shading: How the View in an Editor is displayed.

Blender provides a variety of shading (coloring) options which allow a Scene to be previewed during construction. Previewing, in turn, allows editing to be performed as the Scene is developed.

As Scenes are created, with Objects being added and Materials (colors) applied and lighting effects and textures introduced, ...