Color Ramp

Overview

Use this node when you want a color to change over time: a damage flash from white to red, a treasure chest glinting, a background slowly shifting to sunset colors. Line up the colors you want inside this node, then move Position — that's all. Colors can't be keyframed directly, so this node is the entry point for color animation.

Usage tips

• Typical wiring: attach an animation to Position with the 🎞️ button (motion or keyframe), then connect the color output to the pin of the color parameter you want to animate. Tip: pressing 🎞️ on that color parameter creates this whole setup automatically.
• For just two colors, the Color A / Color B parameters are enough — no colors connection needed. To pass through three or more colors, line them up with palette_create and connect to colors.
• Timing tricks such as "hold the original color, then snap to the target near the end" belong in the keyframe curve attached to Position, not in the color list.
• Step mode plus a repeating motion (ping-pong etc.) switches through the colors in order — good for blinking lights and signals.

Common pitfalls

• Muddy in-between colors: smooth mode usually blends cleanly, but opposite colors (red ⇔ green, etc.) can dull out in the middle. Add the color you want to pass through as an extra stop.
• The last color never shows in step mode: the colors split Position's 0-1 range evenly. If Position never reaches 1.0, the last color is never picked — check the range of whatever moves Position.

Related nodes

• motion / keyframe_clip — move Position (when and how fast the color changes)
• palette_create / palette_get — prepare the colors
• palette_cycle — rotate a whole palette (the classic technique, when you want to move the entire palette rather than one color)
• color_adjust_oklch — fixed color correction without animation