After Effects 3D Text Colouring?

Hello,
I have been working for quite a bit now to try to firgure this out, but I still can't get it. I have made some 3D text in Ae, and coloured it orange. In photoshop, I was able to go into the layer in 3D mode and edit the insides of the letters to a darker shade of orange. I can't find this in Ae. So how would I do it?
Running After Effects CS6, Windows 8.1
Thanks,
Jack

If this is live text and you are using raytrace 3D, then apply the relevant text animators. If this is a 3D PSD, then it's inaccessible and you only get a rendered layer.
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