Assign Multiple Materials to One Blender Mesh — Quick 2026 Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and assign multiple materials to a single mesh in Blender.

• Select your mesh
• Enter into ‘Edit mode’ by tapping the ‘Tab’ key
• Go to ‘Face Select’ mode

• Select the part of the mesh you want to add the material to

• Go to ‘Material Properties’ and add a new material by clicking the “+” icon on the right side of “material” shown in the image below
• Let’s give the new material a green color
• Click the Assign button in the Materials tab under the list of materials

• And you are done