# I can't change my avatar from pink to normal colors in unity, changing shaders to poiyomi won't work

**URL:** <https://ask.vrchat.com/t/i-cant-change-my-avatar-from-pink-to-normal-colors-in-unity-changing-shaders-to-poiyomi-wont-work/47435>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Tags:** avatar, unity, pink\
**Created:** [December 23, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/i-cant-change-my-avatar-from-pink-to-normal-colors-in-unity-changing-shaders-to-poiyomi-wont-work/47435 "2025-12-23T17:43:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ZirconSun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/zirconsun/32/43929_2.png) [@ZirconSun](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/ZirconSun)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/i-cant-change-my-avatar-from-pink-to-normal-colors-in-unity-changing-shaders-to-poiyomi-wont-work/47435/1 "2025-12-23T17:43:28Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/original/3X/f/4/f49793ab0bfa0281d68f436916169d40ef364954.png)

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I’m a complete newbie with unity, and I just want to upload my commissioned avatar to VR Chat.

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**Author:** ![Marshal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Marshal](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/Marshal)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/i-cant-change-my-avatar-from-pink-to-normal-colors-in-unity-changing-shaders-to-poiyomi-wont-work/47435/2 "2025-12-26T21:20:08Z")

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Are you in Android/iOS upload mode? You could try restarting Unity to refresh the materials.

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**Author:** ![ZirconSun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/zirconsun/32/43929_2.png) [@ZirconSun](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/ZirconSun)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/i-cant-change-my-avatar-from-pink-to-normal-colors-in-unity-changing-shaders-to-poiyomi-wont-work/47435/4 "2025-12-27T23:01:24Z")

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Loading the model with the correct Unity version (after importing the model with UniVRM) did the trick.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/original/3X/4/1/41fbf8f96610d0b34d67ad4eda4f2d730bc4a786.png)