# Calendar color coding **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Tags:** calendar\ **Created:** [12 May 2023 17:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515 "2023-05-12T17:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darrell\_Winwood](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Darrell\_Winwood](https://forum.asana.com/u/Darrell_Winwood)\ **Post date:** [12 May 2023 17:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/1 "2023-05-12T17:57:38Z")
Is there any way to force the calendar view to use color coding already established in a custom field from the list view in a project? It’s frustrating that I have a custom field established with color coding but I can’t find a way to make the calendar default to using those colours from the custom field I have already created for individual tasks. I know I can create a customer field in the calendar view but then I have to enter colour coding twice. Is there a way to make the calendar view use colours from a custom field already created in the list view? This would be a huge help for a tracking calendar I’m building. Thanks for any help. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_BEGOU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/arthur_begou/32/279746_2.png) [@Arthur\_BEGOU](https://forum.asana.com/u/Arthur_BEGOU)\ **Post date:** [13 May 2023 06:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/2 "2023-05-13T06:54:01Z")
Hi @Darrell_Winwood and thanks for your question, If I understood correctly, I might have a solution for you; because fields are actually shared between the different views, and you should not have to create a field specifically for the calendar view. Are you already using the option “Colors : Type” in the calendar view, where you can select fields from your project ? (see screenshots) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/f/a/fa23d05a4b5d66a1e415c0bedda2683d7d6fda07.png) ![Screenshot (38)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/f/d/fd07a1e69294dfcae673b573c417b54f0ac9d8b6.jpeg) Then, to save that particular configuration, you can save it by defaut (see screenshot ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/d/b/db5d8783827c4ebd0737279c4072e20099db7d77.png) **Remark:** please note that only custom fields type = “single select” allow color on calendar view (not multi-select). Hope that helps 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Darrell\_Winwood](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Darrell\_Winwood](https://forum.asana.com/u/Darrell_Winwood)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2023 14:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/3 "2023-05-15T14:26:20Z")
I don’t appear to have that option. Under colour I only have Asana Default, no colour or add single select field. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/b/f/bf7178ccdff746298e1f6a19b1a374a7b7531fc4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darrell\_Winwood](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Darrell\_Winwood](https://forum.asana.com/u/Darrell_Winwood)\ **Post date:** [16 May 2023 15:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/4 "2023-05-16T15:02:23Z")
Any other advice? The suggestion you have doesn’t work, I don’t have the option available to me. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_BEGOU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/arthur_begou/32/279746_2.png) [@Arthur\_BEGOU](https://forum.asana.com/u/Arthur_BEGOU)\ **Post date:** [22 May 2023 05:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/5 "2023-05-22T05:01:03Z")
Hi @Darrell_Winwood Sorry for late answer, I didn’t receive any notification. Could you please confirm that your field is a “Single select” ? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/f/a/fa23d05a4b5d66a1e415c0bedda2683d7d6fda07.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darrell\_Winwood](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Darrell\_Winwood](https://forum.asana.com/u/Darrell_Winwood)\ **Post date:** [23 May 2023 14:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/6 "2023-05-23T14:32:54Z")
Thanks for responding. The custom field I was using was a multi-select field. I have figured out the colour option will only work if it’s a single-select field so I’ve had to adjust. That’s why the option wasn’t showing up for me, because I was using a multi-select field. I’d prefer to have a multi-select field possible but I assume the system can’t handle that and it must be single-select so it knows what colour to use. This can be closed now. Thanks for the support. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2023 14:33 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/calendar-color-coding/425515/7 "2023-05-30T14:33:35Z")
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