Script to give each vertex in a editable poly model a unique vertex color

[rpardridge]

Hello,

I'd like to build a script that gives each vertex in an editable polygon object a unique vertex color, such that the distance between any 2 points (in color space) is above a threshold. A simple way I imagine doing this is creating a 3D RBG grid from (0,0,0) to (255, 255, 255), spaced out evenly based on the number of points in the mesh.

I am pretty sure I can figure out the math for assigning the vertex colors properly, but I am not sure where to get started on making the script. Any help getting started is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

every vertex index is already a unique color. 🙂

there is a common color type COLOREF which is an unsigned integer made as << B-byte << G-byte << R-byte

so if we want to convert the index to a color, it would be:

R = mod index 256

G = mod (index/256) 256

B = mod (index/256/256) 256

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

I could be wrong in my assumptions, but it seems to me that the crux of your question is different...
"how do I mark vertexes so that after changing topology (numeration) and geometry (position) I can find correspondence between old and new ones?" 

it's a very common question