Add Your Own Custom Colours to Google Calendar Labels

8 hours ago
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Google Calendar has expanded the colour palette for labels! Woohoo! We love to colour code our events; it makes the schedule easier to read (and it looks nice).

Calendar event settings for Jordan Hughes with an open color picker for Training, Personal and Meeting labels.

There are now more colours to choose from and you can also add your own custom colours hello, CloudShed PINK.

Step 1 - You can access the colours via your event invite, open or create your event. You can then select a label, select one of the new colours or use the dropper icon.

Step 2 - If you select Labels, to the left is the 'customise colour' option, click the drop down for the new colours list.

Calendar Labels dialog with colored label rows for Training, Personal, Meeting, and Cloudshed, plus Add a label, Cancel, and Save buttons

Step 3 - To select a custom colour or to enter your Hex code, click the dropper icon. Don't forget to hit 'Select' to choose the colour.

Colour picker dialog with palette, gradient, and hex #FF9FE6, showing Cancel and Select buttons over a labels screen.

Step 4 - We choose CloudShed pink and we can see that against the Cloudshed label now.

You can also change the colours of specfic calendars by scrolling to my calendars on the left side and clicking the 3 dots next to the calendar and selecting one of the new colours or clicking the + for a custom colour.

Google Calendar sidebar with calendars list and color picker open for Jordan Hughes, showing Display this only and Settings and sharing.

To learn more about Google Calendar, book a live training session with Cloudshed.

Our Increase Productivity in Calendar training session runs for 90 mins and covers productivity tips in Google Calendar, useful settings, scheduling tips and appointment booking.

You can contact us at contact@cloudshedtraining.co.uk