Maven root pom.xml marked as red when importing existing project into eclipse

Yes, You should start your Eclipse Workspace out of the pom.xml folder.

for example: D:\workspace\Project_Name.

In your Project_Name folder which contains pom.xml.

So you have to select D:\workspace while starting the eclipse.

And now, then import the project called Project_Name as maven project, It will work.

Hope, it will help !!