Color labels are one of several useful workflow tools in Lightroom. And if you want to customize which text label is paired with which color, you can do so. Here's how.
There are several ways you can organize your selection, culling, and search workflows in Lightroom. One of the tools available is color coding.
There are five colors to choose from - red, yellow, green, blue and purple - that can be used to group images. Each color is paired with a metadata text box called a color label. They are pure metadata fields, which means that they do not affect the actual picture. And you can choose next to the star ratings and status, or independently.
There is no right or wrong way to use the color labels. You can use them (or not) depending on what works best for your workflow. The text is for information only and does not change the image itself. It appears in various places in the Lightroom user interface, including an info pop-up when you assign a color to an image, in the Photo> Filter by Color Label and Photo> menu items Set the color label and in the Label field in the metadata window. You can also use them when creating smart collections and filters.
Lightroom has three built-in options: Lightroom Standard, Bridge Standard, and Review Status. You can use any of them. You can also create your own custom color set. I concentrate on this here.
However, they are displayed in different places, e.g. For example, in the menu items Photo> Filter by Color Label and Photo> Color Label and in an information pop-up when you assign a color to an image.
You can find the settings for this by going to the library module and then clicking on the Metadata menu item in the top menu. Go to Color Label Set.
You can choose from one of the free lightroom presets. However, if you want to create your own, go to the Edit option. The screen with options to edit the color label set appears. From there, start with the built-in presets and change the text for each color to your liking.
The changes are only retained if you save them. To do this, click the Presets drop-down menu above and choose Save Current Settings As New Preset.
As you can see, the same drop-down menu gives you some basic options for managing color label presets, such as: B. Restore default sets, delete presets, and rename.