Change the color of the falloff area

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You can change the colors Maya uses to display a weighted falloff’s color feedback with the Falloff color option. This is useful if the default colors are hard to see against your mesh’s texture or shader. By default, Maya uses a ramp from black to red to yellow.

To change the color of the falloff area

Open the Tool Settings editor.
Turn on the Soft Select option under Soft Selection.
Select one of the circles above the Falloff color ramp.
Adjust the falloff of the ramp by dragging the circle left or right.
Adjust the shade of the current color by dragging the Color slider left or right.
Change the current color by clicking the colored icon next to the label Color and selecting a specific color from the Color Chooser.
You can add a color to the ramp by clicking on the ramp itself.
An extra colored circle will appear above the ramp.
You can remove a color from the ramp by clicking the box underneath the ramp corresponding to that color.

You can also turn off the colors by turning off Viewport color in the Soft Selection Tool Settings editor.