OpenGL shader is not getting a value from glVertexAttribPointer() - c++

Question

Although I call glEnableVertexAttribArray and glVertexAttribPointer, my vertex shader cannot seem to access the value (I say value because i am not sure what it is called, Attribute?).
I am confused as I have other values that the vertex shader can access by doing exactly the same thing.
In the following code the Vertex position in attribute position 0 and the Vertex normal in attribute position 1 can be accessed fine by the shader however when I use the Vertex color value in attribute position 2 as the color for my mesh it is black even if set otherwise.
//Vertex Position
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), (void*)offsetof(Vertex, vertexPosition));
//Vertex Normal
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), (void*)offsetof(Vertex, vertexNormal));
//Vertex Colour
glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
glVertexAttribPointer(2, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), (void*)offsetof(Vertex, vertexColor));
Here is the Vertex struct
struct Vertex {
glm::vec3 vertexPosition;
glm::vec3 vertexNormal;
glm::vec3 vertexColor;
glm::vec2 textureCoords;
glm::vec3 vertexTangent;
glm::vec3 vertexBitangent;
Vertex() {}
Vertex(glm::vec3 vertexPosition, glm::vec3 vertexNormal = glm::vec3(0), glm::vec3 vertexColor = glm::vec3(0), glm::vec2 textureCoords = glm::vec2(0)) {
this->vertexPosition = vertexPosition;
this->vertexNormal = vertexNormal;
this->textureCoords = textureCoords;
}
};
Here is the Shader code. If I uncomment the commented line the mesh renders red as expected
#version 330 core
uniform mat4 uModelMatrix;
uniform mat4 uViewMatrix;
uniform mat4 uProjectionMatrix;
uniform vec3 uLightPosition;
layout(location = 0) in vec3 aVertexPosition;
layout(location = 1) in vec3 aVertexNormal;
layout(location = 2) in vec3 aVertexColor;
out vec3 viewDirection;
out vec3 lightPosition;
out vec3 fragmentPosition;
out vec3 materialColor;
flat out vec3 fragmentNormal;
void main(){
materialColor = aVertexColor;
//materialColor = vec3(0.5, 0, 0);
mat4 modelViewMatrix = uViewMatrix * uModelMatrix;
vec3 viewSpacePosition = (modelViewMatrix * vec4(aVertexPosition, 1)).xyz;
viewDirection = normalize(viewSpacePosition);
vec3 viewSpaceNormal = normalize(modelViewMatrix * vec4(aVertexNormal, 0)).xyz;
fragmentNormal = viewSpaceNormal;
fragmentNormal = aVertexNormal;
lightPosition = uLightPosition;
fragmentPosition = vec3(uModelMatrix * vec4(aVertexPosition, 1.0));
gl_Position = uProjectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(aVertexPosition, 1);
}
Even if vertexColor defaults to glm::vec3(1) instead of glm::vec3(0) it is still black. I have checked the values for vertexColor before drawing with the shader and the color is not black.

Answer 1

It looks like you are not setting your vertexColor value in the Vertex constructor.
Vertex(glm::vec3 vertexPosition, glm::vec3 vertexNormal = glm::vec3(0), glm::vec3 vertexColor = glm::vec3(0), glm::vec2 textureCoords = glm::vec2(0)) {
this->vertexPosition = vertexPosition;
this->vertexNormal = vertexNormal;
this->vertexColor = vertexColor;
}