The information in this article applies to:
QUESTION
I want to change the color or material of just one wall in my room to create an accent wall. How can I do this?

ANSWER
Changing the color or material of a single wall is easy to accomplish using either the Wall Specification dialog or the Material Painter tool.
To change the color or material of a single wall using the Wall Specification dialog
- First, use the Select Objects
tool to select the wall, then click on the Open Object
edit tool.
- On the Materials panel of the Wall Specification dialog that displays, select the Wall Surface component that you would like to change, then click on the Select Material button.

- In the Select Material dialog, navigate to the material or color you want to apply to the wall, then click OK on all of the dialogs to apply the change.
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Take a Camera
view to see the results.
In some cases, such as when an exterior wall runs the length of several rooms, you may not want to change the material of the entire wall. Alternately, you may want to apply different colors to several different sections of the same wall to create a striped effect. This can be accomplished by breaking the wall into separate segments.

If you are in a 3D camera view, return to your 2D floor plan view for the following steps.
To change the color or material of a section of wall vertically
- To break a wall into segments, select the wall you want to modify, click on the Add Break
edit button on the Edit toolbar, then click on the wall to place the break point.
- After you have placed the break points on the wall to create separate wall segments, use the instructions in the sections above to change the color or material on just that section of the wall.

To restore the default color or material
- On the Materials panel of the Wall Specification dialog for the wall that you'd like to restore the default material to, click on the desired component, then click on the Select Material button.
You can also navigate to 3D> Material Painter> Material Painter
in a 3D view to restore the default material.
- In the Select Material dialog that appears next, check the Use default material box, then click OK.
- The default material will be restored to the selected wall, however, if you selected the Material Painter tool in Step 1, you will also need to click on the wall that you want to apply the default material to.