# How to colour deal cards on the HubSpot Deals board

> The Deal card colours for HubSpot template colours each open deal card by its close date and last activity, in your own browser.

Published 2026-09-28, updated 2026-09-28 · HubSpot · https://skins.dev/blog/hubspot-deal-colours/

Asked for since 10 August 2026: HubSpot Community ideas (idea 155714), https://community.hubspot.com/t/colo-u-r-coding-cards-on-the-deals-pipline-view/155714 (new idea (colouring cards was first asked for in idea 1476, 1,407 votes)).

**HubSpot lets you choose which properties a deal card shows and colour a whole pipeline stage, but it can't colour a single card by its own dates. The Deal card colours for HubSpot template colours overdue, stale and closing-soon deals on the board, in your own browser, with no admin setting and no workflow.**

## Steps

1. In Skins Studio, open **Explore**, pick **Deal card colours for HubSpot** and click **Create App**.
2. On your HubSpot Deals board, open the **Skins** side panel from the browser toolbar. The skin is listed under **On this page**.
3. Switch it on. The board reloads with the cards coloured.

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## What you get

- A colour bar on the left edge of each open deal card, a soft tint and a short reason line.
- Red, "Close date passed N days ago", when the close date is in the past.
- Amber, "No activity for N days", when the last-activity chip is 14 days old or more.
- Blue, "Closes in N days", when the close date is within 14 days.
- Red wins over amber, and amber over blue.
- Won and lost columns are left alone.
- A legend in the filter bar with a count for each colour.

## Limits

- It reads only what each card shows: the Close date and the last-activity chip. Both must be visible on the card; you pick them in the board's card settings.
- The rules and the 14-day thresholds are fixed in this template.
- It can't colour by "customer replied last": the board doesn't show who sent the last email.
- Only in your browser. Colleagues see the colours only if they turn it on too.
- Open columns only.

## Other options

- **Deal Tags plus a workflow**: a workflow sets a property and a Deal Tag shows it on the card. Workflows need a Pro plan or higher.
- **Zapier or n8n**: an automation sets a deal property that a Deal Tag or card property can show. Runs outside HubSpot, on the automation tool's own plan.
- **Ask HubSpot**: vote on the idea.

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