The Materialize uses Waves, an external library to create ink effect outlined in Material Design. The below table mentions the available classes and their effects.
| S.N. | Class Name & Description |
| 1 | waves-effect Put the wave effect on the control. |
| 2 | waves-light Put the wave effect as white colored. |
| 3 | waves-red Put the wave effect as red colored. |
| 4 | waves-green Put the wave effect as green colored. |
| 5 | waves-yellow Put the wave effect as yellow colored. |
| 6 | waves-orange Put the wave effect as orange colored. |
| 7 | waves-purple Put the wave effect as purple colored. |
| 8 | waves-teal Put the wave effect as teal colored. |
Following are the examples of using a wave effects on buttons.
Example
materialize_waves.htm
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The Materialize Waves Effects Example</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/css/materialize.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/js/materialize.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="container">
<h3>Waves Effects Demo</h3>
<div class="collection waves-color-demo">
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">Default</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-light</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-light btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-red</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-red btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-yellow</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-yellow btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-orange</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-orange btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-purple</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-purple btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-green</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-green btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
<div class="collection-item">
<code class=" language-markup">waves-teal</code>
<a href="#!" class="waves-effect waves-teal btn secondary-content">Click Me!</a>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Result
Verify the result.
Waves Effects Demo
waves-light
waves-red
waves-yellow
waves-orange
waves-purple
waves-green
waves-teal