Using Maya's Legacy Color Management (SynColor)

To use a renderer that does not support OCIO v2, you must use the legacy color management system known as SynColor.

Note: macOS no longer supports SynColor. OCIO is the only available color management system on macOS.

To use SynColor mode, set the environment variable MAYA_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_SYNCOLOR to any value before starting Maya. Note that:

• SynColor mode is available on Windows and Linux systems only. It is not available on macOS.
• To use SynColor mode every time you launch Maya, you can set this in your operating system's user or system variables.
• To use SynColor for a specific session, you can open a command shell and set it directly on the command line before launching from the same shell.
• The environment variable has no effect if you set it in the Maya.env file or by using putenv in the Maya Script Editor.

To revert to using OCIO v2 for color management, make sure the environment variable no longer exists and then launch Maya again.