Okay, I think I get it. I tried coloring a piece of clothing as per suggestion and used it in the materials lab and viola! it worked. Man...for someone to do a whole body and make it look realistic must take a phenomenal amount of tedious work! I'm sure there are some shortcuts I have yet to discover for that. Especially if you want to do things like realistic eyebrows or lips! Well, that'll be for another day--I have enough basics to learn right now.