Agree with all the comments, need the ability to add/select custom colors. Would help workflow and efficiency, isn’t that the whole purpose of Asana?
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HI Asana team,
It is a bit strange to expect people use photographs. The resolution is too small for it to be useful. Colour coding is useful. The profile image of initials against a selected colour provides just the right amount of personality; photos are too personal for my liking. The default colours are reasonable, yet it is unfortunate to be assigned magenta. If you could provide a profile collection of colours that would be much appreciated.
Regards,
agreed! MORE COLORS PLEASE. It’s 2020. Here’s hoping.
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let me rephrase – ALL colors please. 
ability to use hex code to limitlessly color code
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Yes! I am all for more colors!
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This “More colors please!” thread is YEARS long already and not a single response or explanation why this is not being implemented. I LOVE asana and don’t mean to be rude or ungrateful, but could someone from Asana please share with us what the current stance and think is in allowing colors to be more customizable? Thank you in advance!
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OMG please more colors!!! I am in agreement with all of the folks above.
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+1 for custom hex colours. I’d like the colour of my project to match the colour of my client’s.
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Another vote for more colors-- I’d love just a color picker or hex option. Or even a Mighty like interface where you click a link for https://flatuicolors.com/ to grab a hex to use.
Another Vote!!! Is this happening???
And please Asana, yes more colors!!! The current ones cannot be used in a nice PowerPoint presentation 
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I actually tweaked it with Stylebot Chrome extension
Feel free to copy/paste the code
div.TaskCell-nameAndSubtasksContainer {
background: rgba(255,255,255,0);
}
div.TimelineTimeAxisIntervalLabel--month.TimelineTimeAxisIntervalLabel {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
}
button.TimelineGroupHeader-nameButton {
font-family: Calibri;
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 16px;
}
div.TimelineTimeAxis-groupLabel {
font-size: 18px;
color: #000000;
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
padding-bottom: 15px;
}
div.SkinnyTimelineItem {
max-width: 300px;
word-wrap: break-word ;
}
div.SkinnyTimelineTask-title.SkinnyTimelineTask-title--isMilestone {
font-family: Calibri;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
}
div.SkinnyTimelineTask-title {
font-family: Calibri;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
}
div.TaskCell.TaskCell {
opacity: 1;
}
div.TaskCell-name {
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Calibri;
font-size: 14px;
color: #000000;
}
span.CountWithIcon.CountWithIcon--grayscale.SubtaskCount{
color: #000000;
}
svg.MiniIcon.undefined.CountWithIcon-icon.CountWithIcon-icon--leftCount.CountWithIcon-icon--xxsSpacing.SubtaskMiniIcon {
fill: rgb(0, 0, 0);
}
div.TaskTimelineDateIndicators-milestoneDueDateStripe {
opacity: 0;
}
div.TaskCell--colorBlue {
background: #7eacf0a4;
}
div.TaskCell--colorAqua {
background: #84dcffa4;
}
div.TaskCell--colorYellow {
background: #f1ef4580;
}
div.TaskCell--colorIndigo {
background: rgba(147, 128, 250, 0.643);
}
div.TaskCell--colorOrange {
background: #f5bb8ca4;
}
div.TaskCell--colorYellowOrange {
background: #fade90a4;
}
div.TaskCell--colorMagenta {
background: #fa67ee88;
}
div.TaskCell--colorYellowGreen {
background: #a4da8b7c;
}
div.TaskCell--colorBlueGreen {
background: #62cace85;
}
div.TaskCell--colorGreen {
background: #69daa17e;
}
div.TaskCell--colorPurple {
opacity: 0.2;
background: #b973fa8f;
}
div.TaskCell--colorCoolGray {
background: #c5c5c5a4;
}
div.TaskCell--colorRed {
background: #ff858581;
}
div.TaskCell--colorPink {
background: #e299cc8a;
}
div.TaskCell--colorHotPink {
background: #ff71e08a;
}
/* Section Width */
div.TaskTimelineGroupSidebar.TaskTimelineGroupSidebar--timelineRenovation {
width: 350px;
}
/* Section Width */
div.TimelineGroupHeader.TimelineGroupHeader--draggable {
width: 350px;
}
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please please please, this has to happen 
it’s becoming chaotic to organize so many projects with 16 colors
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+1 this would be wonderful. On top of being able to change colors based on clients and various projects… right now there is no “true” red color and it would be awesome to have instead of “pink”. Thanks Asana!
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Custom hex for large projects!
And more differentiation between weekdays and weekends.
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This is even more of a priority now, with your recent update to colours. I haven’t seen one positive comment about new colours, yet there is no response from Asana. Clickup is cheaper, you can embed videos and pictures in the post. We haven’t switched because of Asana’s interface. At this point, if you don’t let us decide what this interface should look like, we are going to go.
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This just moved to the top of my wish list given the rollout of the new colors. The lack of contrast in the new palette negatively impacts usability for our organization. Custom hex colors would fix this problem.
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The new colors are terrible, if you are so arrogant as to not listen to the wave of customer/user feedback and reverse your bad “enhancement” then this seems to e the only solution, but what is the timeline for custom colors to be a feature we can use??
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First of all, It’s upsetting to hear that Asana is not rolling back from the new sleepy/dull/muddy/horrible colors to the previous lively colors and colors that had a purpose.
Since you leave us with no choice, the custom hex color options would be beneficial to have complete control of the colors that our team can use and not Asana. We would be okay with having multiple theme options as well. The community has been loud and clear. Give us options!!!
This thread started over four years ago. We need a solution for this ASAP; we can not wait another year or four years. This latest change has dramatically impacted our team’s experience with Asana, and we already see a drop in engagement.
Please make this a priority.
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Second what most recent commenters are saying. I thought my display had broken or something. I tried logging on and off from Asana a few times, and then assumed it was a temporary bug – but after a few days, when the colours were still muddy and dull, I googled it and realised this was a “deliberate” product decision? This instantly made all our Asana projects not only feel dull and faded but had a huge impact on tasks being “scannable” since we use a colour coded system for tasks based on their priority.
Since everything now looks like it has a dull grey overlay on it, it’s become much harder (and way less vibrant) to work in Asana. The only workaround we’ve found is to switch on “color-blind mode” to make Asana more bearable.
This was a terrible product and UX choice and the fact that Asana has stubbornly decided to not fix this mistake and listen to their users means the only option left is for us to be able to add our own custom colors to get Asana back to not being broken (and dull!).
This thread is 4+ years old though so what are the odds it will happen anytime soon??
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