The Mix material mixes any two material types, including other Mix materials. It accepts any two Material nodes as inputs, and you control the mix amount by a value, color, or texture. Figure 1 shows a white Glossy material mixed with a red Specular material using the default value of 0.5 (or 50%) as input for the Amount parameter.


Mixing Glossy & Specular


Figure 1: A Mix material mixes Glossy and Specular materials together

 

Figure 2 shows the result of the same Mix material setup with a Checks texture used an input for the Amount parameter.


Mixing with Checks Texture


Figure 2: A Mix material mixing Glossy and Specular materials together and using a Checks texture to control the mix amount