# How to create a sidebar that a user can adjust to change the color of a 3D plot?

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**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-create-a-sidebar-that-a-user-can-adjust-to-change-the-color-of-a-3d-plot/54357 "2021-06-30T23:20:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-create-a-sidebar-that-a-user-can-adjust-to-change-the-color-of-a-3d-plot/54357/1 "2021-06-30T23:20:08Z")

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Typically, the color of a 3D map (contour or surface) is assigned by the value of one of the 3 parameters. But can I add a fourth parameter that can be adjusted in real-time and that will change the color (or say, heat map) of the entire surface plot?