Texture Painting - Channels

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/images/Engine/UI/LevelEditor/Modes/MeshPaintMode/VertexColor/PaintingColors/button_Channels.jpg

These check boxes set which color/alpha channels should be affected by the paint brush. I submitted a question about this before for vertex color, but the response didn't really address the issue of the described function not working.