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+import { Color, Texture, Vector2 } from 'three'
+
+export interface MaterialPropsInterface {
+  alphaTest?: number
+  blending?: number
+  color?: number | string
+  depthTest?: boolean
+  depthWrite?: boolean
+  fog?: boolean
+  opacity?: number
+  side?: number
+  toneMapped?: boolean
+  transparent?: boolean
+  vertexColors?: boolean
+  visible?: boolean
+  [index: string]: any
+}
+
+export interface AlphaPropsInterface {
+  alphaMap?: Texture
+}
+
+export interface AOPropsInterface {
+  aoMap?: Texture
+  aoMapIntensity?: number
+}
+
+export interface BumpPropsInterface {
+  bumpMap?: Texture
+  bumpScale?: number
+}
+
+export interface DisplacementPropsInterface {
+  displacementMap?: Texture
+  displacementScale?: number
+  displacementBias?: number
+}
+
+export interface EmissivePropsInterface {
+  emissive?: number | string
+  emissiveIntensity?: number
+  emissiveMap?: Texture
+}
+
+export interface EnvPropsInterface {
+  envMap?: Texture
+  envMapIntensity?: number
+  reflectivity?: number
+  refractionRatio?: number
+}
+
+export interface LightPropsInterface {
+  lightMap?: Texture
+  lightMapIntensity?: number
+}
+
+export interface WireframePropsInterface {
+  wireframe?: boolean
+  // not needed for WebGL
+  // wireframeLinecap?: string
+  // wireframeLinejoin?: string
+  wireframeLinewidth?: number // not really useful
+}
+
+export interface BasicMaterialPropsInterface extends
+  MaterialPropsInterface,
+  AlphaPropsInterface,
+  AOPropsInterface,
+  EnvPropsInterface,
+  WireframePropsInterface {}
+
+export interface LambertMaterialPropsInterface extends
+  MaterialPropsInterface,
+  AlphaPropsInterface,
+  AOPropsInterface,
+  EmissivePropsInterface,
+  EnvPropsInterface,
+  LightPropsInterface,
+  WireframePropsInterface {}
+
+export interface PhongMaterialPropsInterface extends
+  MaterialPropsInterface,
+  AlphaPropsInterface,
+  AOPropsInterface,
+  DisplacementPropsInterface,
+  EmissivePropsInterface,
+  EnvPropsInterface,
+  LightPropsInterface,
+  WireframePropsInterface
+{
+  flatShading?: boolean
+  shininess?: number
+  specular?: number | string
+}
+
+export interface PhysicalMaterialPropsInterface extends MaterialPropsInterface {
+  clearcoat?: number
+  clearcoatMap?: Texture
+  clearcoatRoughness?: number
+  clearcoatRoughnessMap?: Texture
+  clearcoatNormalScale?: Vector2
+  clearcoatNormalMap?: Texture
+  ior?: number
+  reflectivity?: number
+  sheen?: Color
+  transmission?: number
+  transmissionMap?: Texture | null
+}
+
+export interface PointsMaterialPropsInterface extends MaterialPropsInterface, AlphaPropsInterface {
+  size?: number
+  sizeAttenuation?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface StandardMaterialPropsInterface extends
+  MaterialPropsInterface,
+  AlphaPropsInterface,
+  AOPropsInterface,
+  BumpPropsInterface,
+  DisplacementPropsInterface,
+  EmissivePropsInterface,
+  EnvPropsInterface,
+  LightPropsInterface,
+  WireframePropsInterface
+{
+  flatShading?: boolean
+  metalness?: number
+  metalnessMap?: Texture
+  roughness?: number
+  roughnessMap?: Texture
+}
+
+export interface ToonMaterialPropsInterface extends
+  MaterialPropsInterface,
+  AlphaPropsInterface,
+  AOPropsInterface,
+  BumpPropsInterface,
+  DisplacementPropsInterface,
+  EmissivePropsInterface,
+  LightPropsInterface,
+  WireframePropsInterface {}