# Change Water color in cesium water material

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/change-water-color-in-cesium-water-material/45960>\
**Category:** Cesium for Unreal\
**Created:** [April 23, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/change-water-color-in-cesium-water-material/45960 "2026-04-23T05:18:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/change-water-color-in-cesium-water-material/45960/2 "2026-04-23T08:45:58Z")

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To modify or enhance the default water effect, you can duplicate, edit, and use the following three material-related assets:

1. MI\_CesiumThreeOverlaysAndClippingAndCustomWater

Duplicate MI\_CesiumThreeOverlaysAndClippingAndWater from Engine \> Plugins \> Cesium for Unreal \> Materials \> Instances into your project folder and rename it to MI\_CesiumThreeOverlaysAndClippingAndCustomWater. Set up as shown below.

 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/original/3X/0/5/054d06ab99ac523bd6615def3c6285e2c8afd73f.jpeg)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/original/3X/5/4/549d464fc31828e49021889114325efc976668c6.jpeg)

2. MLB\_CesiumSimpleCustomWater

Duplicate MLB\_CesiumSimpleWater from Engine \> Plugins \> Cesium for Unreal \> Materials \> Blends into your project folder and rename it to MLB\_CesiumSimpleCustomWater.

Modify the part highlighted in the red box in the image below: replace the original ML\_CesiumLandWaterBlend with your project’s ML\_CesiumLandCustomWaterBlend.

 ![2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/original/3X/5/9/59975299d296c7e66366deef6864840e6b09c732.png)

3. ML\_CesiumLandCustomWaterBlend

Duplicate ML\_CesiumLandWaterBlend from Engine \> Plugins \> Cesium for Unreal \> Materials \> CesiumWaterMaterialFunctions into your project folder and rename it to ML\_CesiumLandCustomWaterBlend.

The original ML\_CesiumLandWaterBlend contains a MatLayerBlend\_OverrideBaseColor node after BlendMaterialAttributes, which overrides the final output BaseColor with the BaseColor of the Input Bottom Layer (i.e., the map imagery color).

In ML\_CesiumLandCustomWaterBlend, we can skip the MatLayerBlend\_OverrideBaseColor node so that BaseColor is not overridden.

The left side of the image below shows the original ML\_CesiumLandWaterBlend, and the right side shows the modified ML\_CesiumLandCustomWaterBlend. Note the modified part in the red box.

 ![3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/original/3X/b/6/b6b9f511e3fd42277d2b3a1fe00379b834413ed7.png)

Hope it helps.

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