How to set up random colour changes?

[Ximon]

Hi,

I have a bunch of clones which I want to assign random colours to. That works fine using the random colour node piped into a gradient, but now I want the clones to randomly fade between different colours over time (like christmas tree lights). Is this possible?

Thanks

[bepeg4d]

Hi,
have you tried to animate the Seed value of the Random Color node?
ciao Beppe

[Ximon]

Hi Beppe,

I tried animating the random seed but that gave me a random value on every frame with no interpolation. Hoping I can find a way to fade between the random values...

[bepeg4d]

Hi Ximon,
you could make a copy of the random material, give two different seed animations, create a Mix Material of the two random materials, and animate the amount of the Mix material, to have a smooth transition.
You can do the same also with a Mix Texture node, instead of a Mix Material.
ciao Beppe