how can I bind a texture to a child model that does not belong to the texture of the parent model?

[lethal loom]

I want to make sure that if it is possible to place an object, there is a blue hologram, and if it is impossible to place it, a red one, but how do I bind the red texture to the child model?

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[lethal loom]

like:

[lethal coral]

in the parent model, there should be a section that specifies textures and their "varables" or identifiers
so like
"1": "item/example_texture"
you just copy that into the child model, change the textures, and it will override the parent model's textures
just make sure to use the same identifiers for the textures
so if the parent uses 1, use 1
or if it uses "texture", use "texture"

[lethal loom]

What is Varables?

[lethal coral]

here, this is an example from the default Minecraft assets
this is the acacia planks model

  "parent": "minecraft:block/cube_all",
  "textures": {
    "all": "minecraft:block/acacia_planks"
  }
}```

"all" is the variable

it tells the game which texture to replace on the parent, in this case, the texture "all" on the parent model "cube_all"

[lethal loom]

And where is this section?

[lethal coral]

this is a file in models/block but it works exactly the same for item models, just in models/item

[lethal loom]

I don't understand where this section is

[lethal coral]

you need to open it in a text editor to see it

[lethal loom]

Aaaah, I don't understand where it is. My model is not tied to a text editor