To slightly modify the color of one building while using prefabs, what could you create?

• A. A prefab variant
• B. A prefab instance
• C. A new material
• D. A clone

Answer: (A)

Creating a prefab variant lets you keep the same base building while applying a small color tweak to just that one asset. A variant inherits the structure and components of the original prefab but lets you override specific properties, like the material color, for that instance. This means you can change color for one building without duplicating the whole object or breaking its link to the base prefab, and you can easily create additional color variations from the same base later.

Using a new material would introduce a separate asset and separate color control that isn’t tied to the prefab’s inheritance, and a prefab instance is just a live copy of the base prefab you can override on the spot but isn’t itself a reusable variation asset. A clone isn’t how Unity refers to prefab variations.