Now you can customize calendar colors. Just click the arrow icon next to a calendar in the left sidebar, click "choose custom color" and pick your favorite background color. Select "light text" if the text is hard to read.
"Google Calendar users have had the ability to change the colors of specific events or calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs," informs Google. This feature is also available for Google Apps.
Nice. Gmail has already had a decent color palette for a while, but I think this one for Calendar is better. I'd like to see this Calendar version used uniformly across all Google products... included Circle labels in both Gmail and G+.
ReplyDeleteFinally! As someone with a lot of calendars and who is colorblind, this is a great help.
ReplyDeleteColors has its own beauty. Great that google calender has now introduced color palette.
ReplyDeleteAnd how long before Google discontinues this?
ReplyDeleteFinally! As someone with a lot of calendars and who is colorblind, this is a great help.
ReplyDeleteThanks...
It's a small update and an obvious one. It's surprising that it took this long for Google to implement it. In fact, it's been one of the most requested features for Calendar, Google said."If your calendar ends up full of many different types of events (film nights, lunch dates, and doctor appointments, for example), there’s now an easy way to categorize them using colors," Michelle Chen, Software Engineer at Google, wrote.
ReplyDeleteSuch a simple change to keep a lot of people happy!!
ReplyDeleteSo close! Just need to be able to set the text color as well. Light and Dark just doesn't meet my particular needs.
ReplyDeletelooks great and seems to be very practical. but why does a coloured background disappear when you add time to the event? instead only coloured text on a white background..
ReplyDeleteSame here. I am unable to have anything but a white background
DeleteLovely that you can customize the colour of your CALENDAR, but I want to be able to customize the colour of each EVENT. Or, failing that, at least customize the colours I have to choose from for each EVENT. Or, am I missing something!
ReplyDeleteLovely that you can customize the colour of your CALENDAR, but I want to be able to customize the colour of each EVENT. Or, failing that, at least customize the colours I have to choose from for each EVENT. Or, am I missing something!
ReplyDeleteIn the Chrome browser (not mobile), select your event and click "edit event". About two-thirds of the way down, "Event Color" shows several selections and the color picker. Changing the color here will change the event color box on your calendar.
DeleteIn the Google Calendar app, click the pencil to edit your event. Next to the event title, click the colored box to select one of twelve predetermined colors (no custom color selection appears to be available).
We need to have a custom color option for EVENTS !!!! Please. Why are there more options on mobile than on desktop? It makes no sense.
DeleteSo sad that Google remowed possibility to customize calendar colors in latest update. I want it back!
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