# Solid colour, no shade?

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890>\
**Category:** SketchUp Go\
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890 "2020-02-10T11:22:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Catfish\_Hurdles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catfish_hurdles/32/83494_2.png) [@Catfish\_Hurdles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Catfish_Hurdles)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/1 "2020-02-10T11:22:40Z")

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Is there a way to achieve the effect by which there is NO shading at all ie all the faces are filled with the same uniform colour?

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**Author:** ![Catfish\_Hurdles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catfish_hurdles/32/83494_2.png) [@Catfish\_Hurdles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Catfish_Hurdles)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/2 "2020-02-10T11:24:18Z")

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Like this:

 ![FINAL St Jmes Church](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/1/d102477ba5f9a1b9108ecef9196186e3f91cea0b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/3 "2020-02-10T11:41:11Z")

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Yes. Use the Shadow settings dialog. Turn Shadows off. Check the “Use sun for shading” box. Set the Light slider to 0 and Dark to 80

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**Author:** ![Catfish\_Hurdles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catfish_hurdles/32/83494_2.png) [@Catfish\_Hurdles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Catfish_Hurdles)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/4 "2020-02-10T11:47:10Z")

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I’m sorry… Can’t see a ‘use sun for shading’ box. Where’s that? I can only see ‘Shadows On/Off’ and then a time/date slider…

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/5 "2020-02-10T12:39:17Z")

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You’ll need to be using a desktop version of SketchUp to get the Light and Dark sliders.

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**Author:** ![Catfish\_Hurdles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catfish_hurdles/32/83494_2.png) [@Catfish\_Hurdles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Catfish_Hurdles)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/6 "2020-02-10T12:50:43Z")

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I thought ‘Shop’ would be man-enough!

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/7 "2020-02-10T13:45:52Z")

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I attach a small model that has a scene set up with the 0%-80% shadow settings. Hope it helps  
[Untitled.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/nWtgnnOd8ZOjzb6ocIDk9ciZIds.skp) (75.6 KB)

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**Author:** ![Catfish\_Hurdles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catfish_hurdles/32/83494_2.png) [@Catfish\_Hurdles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Catfish_Hurdles)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/8 "2020-02-10T14:26:58Z")

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Thank you, Anssi 🙂

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**Author:** ![dj83659](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dj83659](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/dj83659)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/solid-colour-no-shade/115890/9 "2025-07-30T12:03:23Z")

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Anssi, thank you.