Vertex Colour Maps

cyroz2000 speaks in a cgtalk thread

Vertxpaint allows you to add color weight to vertex and mix this with the standard color map.

"I used vertex paint to make a color map, it adds colors to the mode, you can also assign weight to blend textures (bump, spec, color...).
You can have a look at the vertex color map on the Lightwave3D website:"

"Vertex Color Maps" tute on newtek site

"A vertex color map is VMap type that lets you color the vertices (i.e., points) in your object mesh. The color for areas in between the vertices is averaged. (The Baker surface shader also uses vertex color maps.) You can see the effects of vertex color maps in Flat shade, Smooth shade, and Texture viewport modes. Vertex coloring is multiplied on top of the base surface color with its texture. "