Matting material is a material that weakens light. Because of the excellent matting properties, matting materials are widely used in scenes that require a matte effect on the surface. By classifying and introducing the types of matting materials, inorganic matting materials, organic matting materials and biological matting materials were reviewed in detail. For biological extinction materials, the performance of visible light extinction and infrared light extinction was focused. Biological matting materials will dominate the development trend of green matting materials because of their environmentally friendly and pollution-free properties with their advantages in visible and infrared light matting.