When I work in a board I manage, sometimes I’d like for a task to stand out, so I can quickly see it among a ton of tasks in different stages or with the same deadlines or color coded tags. Many of our tasks have 3-4 colored tags, so they start blending together. I was hoping there was a way to turn…

Hi @Melissa_Karsten ! You’re correct. Currently, there isn’t a native way in Asana to change the background color of individual task cards in Board view (for example, making a task card light yellow to stand out). Board cards remain white today. A few workarounds that teams commonly use instead: C…

Highlight tasks using background color of tasks on boards

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Highlight tasks using background color of tasks on boards

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