# Materials and shaders

> Use materials and shaders to control the appearance of GameObjects in your application.

Resources for controlling the appearance of GameObjects in scenes using materials, shaders, textures, and color.

| **Page**                                                                                                        | **Description**                                                                                              |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Materials](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/materials.md)                                           | Resources for using materials to define the appearance of a scene.                                           |
| [Prebuilt materials and shaders](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/built-in.md)                       | Resources for using the shaders Unity provides to control the appearance of GameObjects in a scene.          |
| [Custom textures](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/textures.md)                                      | Resources for importing, converting, and loading textures so that you can use them in shaders and materials. |
| [Custom shaders](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/shaders.md)                                        | Resources for writing programs that run on the GPU to draw GameObjects in a scene.                           |
| [Color and High Dynamic Range (HDR)](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/graphics-color.md)             | Resources for working with linear and gamma color spaces in Unity, and High Dynamic Range (HDR).             |
| [Shader Import Settings window reference](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/class-shader-importer.md) | View and edit properties and settings for a prebuilt shader or a custom shader.                              |

## Additional resources and examples

* 👥 **Community**: [Join the conversation on Unity Discussions for Graphics](https://discussions.unity.com/lists/graphics)
* 📖 **E-Book**: [Introduction to the Universal Render Pipeline for advanced creators (Unity 6 edition)](https://unity.com/resources/introduction-to-urp-advanced-creators-unity-6?isGated=false)
* 📖 **E-Book**: [Create popular shaders and visual effects with the Universal Render Pipeline (Unity 6 edition)](https://unity.com/resources/create-shaders-visual-effects-urp-unity-6?isGated=false)
* 📺 **Video**: [20 advanced 2D shader effects - part 1](https://youtu.be/wav3YUcqUCA)
* 📺 **Video**: [20 advanced 2D shader effects - part 2](https://youtu.be/fVzBLxuHOmM)
* 📺 **Video**: [Compute shaders - Part 1: Particle fun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZap7XHxKc)
* 📺 **Video**: [Compute shaders - Part 2: Flocking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOinLsyXAA)
* 📺 **Video**: [Compute shaders - Part 3: Vertex animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcDtiqXRVOc)
* 📺 **Video**: [Introduction to the Render Graph in Unity 6](https://youtu.be/U8PygjYAF7A)
* 📺 **Video**: [Understanding URP settings and essentials](https://youtu.be/HCXCmHgV7Sk)