Color Coding Your Canvas

Use color strategically to encode meaning: priority, team, status, or category.

INTERACTIVE VISUAL GUIDE

Step-by-Step Guide

Card colors: Right-click or use the side panel to change a card’s accent color

Zone colors: Each zone’s border and fill color can be customized

Recommended system: Red = blocked/critical, Yellow = in progress, Green = done, Blue = review, Purple = initiative

Establish a team-wide color convention in your first meeting

Consistency matters more than which colors you pick

Color + status together create a powerful visual system

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Group related cards together using colored zones and labeled frames.

Add context with sticky notes for comments and text labels for annotations.

Add shapes for diagrams and use the drawing layer for freehand annotations.