Thanks guys for the help. Yes, it is 'change of display schemes'. I should have known, but was confused by the wording in 'Help'.

Hi mhcannon

Those colours you refer to in the preferences rollout do not seem to include the user interface background.

The following is shown in 'Help':

To open the color editor
Choose...

Hi roach105

Thanks for your prompt reply. Alt b changes the colour scheme of the view window, which is something I did not know. I was not very clear in my original request - I want to change the...

How do I change the general colour scheme in the Maya 6 user interface? Previous versions seem to have had appropriate UI commands, but I cannot find one in the current preferences rollout.