BabylonJS - Emissive

You can apply color and texture using this property. With emissive, it will radiate the texture or the color used.

Syntax

Consider the following syntax related to the Emissive property.

materialforbox.emissiveColor = new BABYLON.Color3(1, .2, .7);
materialforbox.emissiveTexture = new BABYLON.Texture("images/nature.jpg", scene);

Demo

<!doctype html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
      <title>BabylonJs - Basic Element-Creating Scene</title>
      <script src = "babylon.js"></script>
      <style>
         canvas {width: 100%; height: 100%;}
      </style>
   </head>

   <body>
      <canvas id = "renderCanvas"></canvas>
      <script type = "text/javascript">
         var canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas");
         var engine = new BABYLON.Engine(canvas, true);
         var createScene  = function() {
            var scene = new BABYLON.Scene(engine);
            scene.clearColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0, 1, 0);
            
            var camera = new BABYLON.ArcRotateCamera("Camera", 1, 0.8, 10, new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, 0), scene);
            camera.attachControl(canvas, true);
            
            var light = new BABYLON.HemisphericLight("light1", new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 1, 0), scene);
            light.intensity = 0.7;	
            
            var materialforbox = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial("texture1", scene);
            
            var box = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateBox("box", '3', scene);	
            box.material  = materialforbox;

            materialforbox.emissiveColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0.5, .2, .2);

            return scene;
         };
         var scene = createScene();
         engine.runRenderLoop(function() {
            scene.render();
         });
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Output

The above line of code generates the following output −

Emissive with Texture

Let us now see how Emissive works with texture.

Demo

<!doctype html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
      <title>BabylonJs - Basic Element-Creating Scene</title>
      <script src = "babylon.js"></script>
      <style>
         canvas {width: 100%; height: 100%;}
      </style>
   </head>

   <body>
      <canvas id = "renderCanvas"></canvas>
      <script type = "text/javascript">
         var canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas");
         var engine = new BABYLON.Engine(canvas, true);
         var createScene  = function() {
            var scene = new BABYLON.Scene(engine);
            scene.clearColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0, 1, 0);
            
            var camera = new BABYLON.ArcRotateCamera("Camera", 1, 0.8, 10, new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, 0), scene);
            camera.attachControl(canvas, true);
            
            var light = new BABYLON.HemisphericLight("light1", new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 1, 0), scene);
            light.intensity = 0.7;	
            
            var materialforbox = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial("texture1", scene);
            
            var box = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateBox("box", '3', scene);	
            box.material  = materialforbox;
            materialforbox.emissiveTexture = new BABYLON.Texture("images/nature.jpg", scene);

            return scene;
         };
         var scene = createScene();
         engine.runRenderLoop(function() {
            scene.render();
         });
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Output

The above line of code generates the following output −

If the image file is not correct, it uses a default texture as follows −

In this demo, we have used an image called nature.jpg. The images are stored in the images/ folder locally. You can download any image of your choice and use in the demo link.

babylonjs_materials.htm