Google Calendar Finally Has More Color Options For Events

Running retired of colour options for events successful Google Calendar shouldn’t beryllium an rumor going forward. The erstwhile limit of 11 predefined colors has now been expanded to springiness users access to up to 200 civilization colors for individual events crossed nan autochthonal Calendar web and mobile apps, and nan Calendar API.

This started rolling retired yesterday for users connected Google’s rapid merchandise domains, pinch an extended rollout for much users starting connected June 29th, though nan update whitethorn return a fewer weeks to scope everyone. It’s disposable to each Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users pinch individual Google accounts, and it will beryllium enabled by default, according to Google’s announcement.

There are now 24 default colors to take from, but Calendar users connected nan web (or via nan API) tin specify further colors utilizing a afloat RGB colour picker. Google says this update “fulfills a long-standing characteristic request” for much colour options, arsenic it’s beautiful easy to blast done nan erstwhile 11 colour presets — particularly if you usage Calendar for some individual and activity events. Now each arena tin person its ain colour alternatively of being shared pinch different unrelated events, making them easier to scan astatine a glance.