Parse Error: Syntax Error TOK_COLOR vs TVAL_COLOR?

I have an error in a shader that I was learning on about. I wanted to recreate a Blinn-Phong shader. but I have This problem.

Code:

Code (CSharp):

1. Shader "Compendium/BasicBlinn"
2. {
3.     Properties
4.     {
5.         Color("Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
6.         SpecularColor("Spec Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
7.         Specular("Specu;ar", Range(0,1)) = 0.5
8.         Gloss("Gloss", Range(0,1)) = 0.5
9.     }
10.         SubShader
11.     {
12.         Tags
13.     {
14.         "Queue" = "Geometry"
15.  
16.     }
17.         CGPROGRAM
18.         #pragma surface surf BlinnPhong
19.  
20.         float4 Color;
21.         half Specular;
22.         fixed Gloss;
23.  
24.         struct Input
25.         {
26.             float2 uv_MainTex;
27.         };
28.  
29.         void surf(Input IN, inout SurfaceOutput o)
30.         {
31.             o.Albedo = Color.rgb;
32.             o.Specular = Specular;
33.             o.Gloss = Gloss;
34.         }
35.         ENDCG
36.     }
37.         FallBack "Diffuse"
38. }

The error is the following:

Code (CSharp):

1. Shader error in 'BasicBlinn': Parse error: syntax error, unexpected TOK_COLOR, expecting TVAL_ID or TVAL_VARREF at line 5

line 5 being Color("Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)

I don't know how to solve this because I'm new to Shading, but if someone could tell me what is wrong here?

 

Color

and

Specular

as property names conflict with some built-in parsing types that's causing an error. Change them to

_Color

and

_Specular

, ideally start all your top level properties with underscore as common naming convention.

Like:

_Color("Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)

_Specular("Specular", Range(0,1)) = 0.5

Also there's a semicolon in the string description for your Specular property. It shouldn't cause a compile issue but just pointing it out.

 

Thank you, it worked perfectly. Thank you for that rule of thumb for the naming convention.

 

I got this error as well, and the cause of mine was, I forgot the another double quote (") at the end of the shader name... so stupid...