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+from maya import cmds
+
+import pyblish.api
+import pype.api
+import pype.maya.action
+
+
+class ValidateColorSets(pyblish.api.Validator):
+    """Validate all meshes in the instance have unlocked normals
+
+    These can be removed manually through:
+        Modeling > Mesh Display > Color Sets Editor
+
+    """
+
+    order = pype.api.ValidateMeshOrder
+    hosts = ['maya']
+    families = ['model']
+    category = 'geometry'
+    label = 'Mesh ColorSets'
+    actions = [pype.maya.action.SelectInvalidAction,
+               pype.api.RepairAction]
+    optional = True
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def has_color_sets(mesh):
+        """Return whether a mesh node has locked normals"""
+        return cmds.polyColorSet(mesh,
+                                 allColorSets=True,
+                                 query=True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
+        """Return the meshes with ColorSets in instance"""
+
+        meshes = cmds.ls(instance, type='mesh', long=True)
+        return [mesh for mesh in meshes if cls.has_color_sets(mesh)]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        """Raise invalid when any of the meshes have ColorSets"""
+
+        invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
+
+        if invalid:
+            raise ValueError("Meshes found with "
+                             "Color Sets: {0}".format(invalid))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def repair(cls, instance):
+        """Remove all Color Sets on the meshes in this instance."""
+        invalid = cls.get_invalid(instance)
+        for mesh in invalid:
+            for set in cmds.polyColorSet(mesh, acs=True, q=True):
+                cmds.polyColorSet(mesh, colorSet=set, delete=True)