Glow
Details

- Glow is added to diffuse and specular reflection components to determine the final rendered color of a surface.
- Glow is a color component independent of simulated illumination.
- Glow[] is equivalent to Glow[Black].
- A surface can be specified as having an absolute color col by giving the combination of directives Glow[col], Black, and Specularity[0].
Examples
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Applications (2)
Possible Issues (1)
With Glow, objects can look flat if edges are not drawn:
See Also
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), Glow, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Glow.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "Glow." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Glow.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). Glow. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Glow.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_glow, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Glow}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Glow.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_glow, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Glow}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Glow.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}