diff --git a/scripts/system/create/entitySelectionTool/entitySelectionTool.js b/scripts/system/create/entitySelectionTool/entitySelectionTool.js
index 685eadae90..0f8c8cc8bf 100644
--- a/scripts/system/create/entitySelectionTool/entitySelectionTool.js
+++ b/scripts/system/create/entitySelectionTool/entitySelectionTool.js
@@ -697,8 +697,10 @@ SelectionDisplay = (function() {
     const COLOR_HOVER = { red: 255, green: 220, blue: 82 };
     const COLOR_DUPLICATOR = { red: 162, green: 0, blue: 255 };
     const COLOR_ROTATE_CURRENT_RING = { red: 255, green: 99, blue: 9 };
-    const COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE = { red: 128, green: 128, blue: 128 };
-    const COLOR_SCALE_CUBE = { red: 160, green: 160, blue: 160 };
+    const COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE = { red: 160, green: 160, blue: 160 };
+    const COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE_PARENT = { red: 194, green: 123, blue: 0 }; //{ red: 255, green: 160, blue: 0 };
+    const COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE_CHILDREN = { red: 0, green: 168, blue: 214 }; // { red: 0, green: 200, blue: 255 }
+    const COLOR_SCALE_CUBE = { red: 192, green: 192, blue: 192 };
     const COLOR_DEBUG_PICK_PLANE = { red: 255, green: 255, blue: 255 };
     const COLOR_DEBUG_PICK_PLANE_HIT = { red: 255, green: 165, blue: 0 };
 
@@ -1828,6 +1830,18 @@ SelectionDisplay = (function() {
             var rotationZ = Quat.multiply(rotation, localRotationZ);
             worldRotationZ = rotationZ;
             
+            var handleBoundingBoxColor = COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE;
+            if (SelectionManager.selections.length === 1) {
+                var parentState = getParentState(SelectionManager.selections[0]);
+                if (parentState === "CHILDREN") {
+                    handleBoundingBoxColor = COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE_CHILDREN;
+                } else {
+                    if (parentState === "PARENT" || parentState === "PARENT_CHILDREN") {
+                        handleBoundingBoxColor = COLOR_BOUNDING_EDGE_PARENT;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            
             var selectionBoxGeometry = {
                 position: position,
                 rotation: rotation,
@@ -1949,6 +1963,7 @@ SelectionDisplay = (function() {
             Entities.editEntity(handleBoundingBox, {
                 position: position,
                 rotation: rotation,
+                color: handleBoundingBoxColor,
                 dimensions: dimensions
             });