Color Field

Being supported by all major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, Color Field is a compilation of two different fields, namely Color Choice and Indicator. The purpose this tool serves is to help you color-code your SharePoint lists and add BI indicators to them.

To be more specific, it offers the means of color-coding columns, rows, and choices while also offering an easy way of implementing choice value icons. Moreover, if you want to better reflect the date, time, or other numerical values, you can do that by including progress bars, and integrating dynamic countdown functionality is possible as well.

Aside from that, the fact that the Indicator field could prove of great of when trying to come up with data-driven Key Performance Indicators might also be of interest to you.

In case you are familiar with other tools released by Color Choice’s developer, such as Associated Tasks, Smart Alert Pro, or Smart Print Pro, it should be said that these components can work together.

Last but not least, one important aspect is that regular SharePoint views support Color Choice and that conditional formatting is not required, which is an added benefit. As for SharePoint Designer, you don’t need to resort to it either when color-coding your lists.