Changing 3DText color through C# script (non-GUI)

Questions & Answers
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I have placed 3DText objects as part of the scene and I want a script to change the text colour once an event occurs. I know how to change a shader:

	renderer.material.shader = newShaderRef;

How do I tell it to change the text color? I want it to be black and fully visible, so it’s 0’s all around. The script is assigned to the text object.

Edit:

	GUIText.font.material.color

I found this for GUI text. But since my text isn’t placed in GUI (it’s an object in the 3D space), it doesn’t work…

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// assuming the shader’s property’s name is _Color
renderer.material.SetColor( “_Color”, Color.black );

or the shortcut :

renderer.material.color = Color.black;