How To Assign Material To The Object in Blender

GOAL

To understand how to handle materials in Blender.

Environment

Blender 2.83
Windows 10

How to create new material

Select object and add material in the material properties tab.

The new material is added to the material slot

How to assign materials

Assign one material to the object

If you’d like to use one material for one object, select and remove other materials from the material slot.

The removed material can be added again.

Assign material to the faces

Select faces. Select material and press the “Assign” button.

The result