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Click the small colour dot on a card and pick one of seven colours; the card takes on a soft matching tint, and its preview is tinted to match. Choose No colour to clear it again.

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Colours are a quick way to group related scraps — work, personal, a project — at a glance. You can also set the colour from the preview. Once a few scraps are coloured, you can filter by colour. See How do I show only one colour?

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How do I colour-code scraps on the Junk Yard?

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Short answer: Click the colour dot on a card and pick one of seven colours (or No colour to clear it). The card gets a soft matching tint, and you can then filter the board by colour.

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Click the small colour dot on a card and pick one of seven colours; the card takes on a soft matching tint, and its preview is tinted to match. Choose No colour to clear it again.

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Colours are a quick way to group related scraps — work, personal, a project — at a glance. You can also set the colour from the preview. Once a few scraps are coloured, you can filter by colour. See How do I show only one colour?

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