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Using Labels & Tags

Labels turn a wall of cards into a scannable, color-coded picture of work. Use them for priority, type, owner, or anything else worth a color.

4 min readUpdated May 2026

Overview

Each board supports up to 30 labels with custom names and colors. Labels appear as colored pills on cards, can be filtered with one click, and power automations (e.g. "when label Bug is added, assign to QA").

https://gryphin.app/boards/sprint-24/labels
Labels
Bug
Priority
Ready to ship
Feature
Design
The label manager — name, color, and emoji for every label, all in one place.

Color palette & meaning

Eight base colors per label. Pick a system that makes sense to your team and stick with it:

Red
Urgent · Bug · Blocker
Orange
High Priority · Needs Review
Yellow
In Progress · Pending
Green
Done · Approved · Ready
Blue
Feature · Enhancement
Purple
Design · Research
Pink
Marketing · Brand
Slate
Archive · Low Priority

Working with labels

Create on-the-fly

Add a new label from any card. Pick a color, type a name, and it's instantly available board-wide.

Apply multiple

A card can carry many labels — "Bug + High Priority + Mobile" all at once.

One-click filter

Click any label on the board to instantly hide every card that doesn't share it.

Rename & recolor

Update any label's name or color and every existing card on the board reflects the change immediately.

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Tip
Hover any card and press L to open the label picker without opening the card. Start typing to filter — perfect for boards with lots of labels.

Best practices

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One axis per color

Use color for one dimension (say, priority). Use names alone for everything else.

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Workspace-wide standard

Agree on Bug = red, Feature = blue across every board. Predictability beats creativity here.

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Stay under 8 per board

Too many labels = noise. If you need more, split into two boards instead.

Try color-blind safe mode

Enable patterns-on-labels in Settings → Accessibility. Each color gets a unique pattern so red/green and blue/purple stay distinguishable.

Accessibility settings

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