Unfortunately, then the colors would be fixed.  What I want is similar to
those cars that change color based on the angle from which you view them.
Its not a real high priority for me right now, so I'm not too sure I want to
try out POV-Man for it yet, but when I _do_ really need it now I know
where to go.

...Chambers

jim charter <jrc### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> Perhaps if you built your own mesh to describe the surface you could apply
a
> color calculation to individual triangles.
>
> Ben Chambers wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how I can make a texture vary depending on the
> > angle from which it is viewed?  I've thought about using a radial, but
that
> > isn't quite what I want...  As in, the angle of incidence between the
> > intersecting ray and the surface normal would act as a sort of index
> > into a pigment map.
> >
> > ...Chambers
>

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