Materials & Lighting in Blender

3D designing in Blender software.

Material nodes look very similar to texture nodes, and indeed there is a fair amount of overlap in functionality.

Shading is an act of adding shade to a drawn object to give it a look and a perception of depth. Nobody likes white bland 3D objects. In 3D modeling, it is very significant to give objects some color material or texture. The process of adding shades to color materials and textures is called shading. Shading is so essential in 3D modeling that Blender has a dedicated workspace for shading.