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title: Create Color Attribute for a Product
description: "Create a color attribute to organize your products by color 1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/fefe9c0a-af93-4e5d-aa58-87c15a9c5312/user_cropped_screenshot_2667538856ca44aeaf592163ad8d0a91_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 2. Click \"Items\" on the sidebar ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/0e6b9ed5-fa66-47f2-a422-52ca82c6e066/user_cropped_screenshot_4f3e4a6910c94b4a8c48465f29204268_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 3. Click \"Custom Attributes\" in the upper right corner ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/e9267411-96e7-4552-b1b0-dc7584bd570c/user_cropped_screenshot_acffd2d1c2184a309b170c99960a15d9_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 4. Click…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/create-color-attribute-for-a-product/"
updated: "2026-01-01"
category: Inventory / Products
---

# Create Color Attribute for a Product

Create a color attribute to organize your products by color

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/fefe9c0a-af93-4e5d-aa58-87c15a9c5312/user_cropped_screenshot_2667538856ca44aeaf592163ad8d0a91_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

2. Click "Items" on the sidebar

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/0e6b9ed5-fa66-47f2-a422-52ca82c6e066/user_cropped_screenshot_4f3e4a6910c94b4a8c48465f29204268_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

3. Click "Custom Attributes" in the upper right corner

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/e9267411-96e7-4552-b1b0-dc7584bd570c/user_cropped_screenshot_acffd2d1c2184a309b170c99960a15d9_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

4. Click "New product Attribute" in the upper right corner

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/5bc13ccb-838f-4b9d-a584-31df8de21fdd/user_cropped_screenshot_18d9f03dd42f4d0db33fc54889547106_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

5. Under **ATTRIBUTE CODE**, enter “**color**”. All letters should be lowercase.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/cab9cd27-34e4-425b-92da-65a4bcffbc7b/user_cropped_screenshot_fd9a99c54d8a42ff8fc9d0a38083760f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

6. Under **ATTRIBUTE NAME**, enter “**Color**”

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/0f7920ee-0672-4db4-9c1e-1602299b16de/user_cropped_screenshot_5b89c3dde2484c09b9983d2a690a53be_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

7. Under **CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE TYPE,** select **String** from the dropdown

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/468b430e-eb23-4154-a520-72658f5abc70/user_cropped_screenshot_04872078819b43ac9e1eaf3a00505d1d_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

8. **FRONTEND INPUT TYPE**, choose **Select**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/9254c6a9-0ad5-4b61-b433-46a1e85bb7c7/user_cropped_screenshot_15e1e9ce4df64dbfa8c7134ea18e3696_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

9. Under **UI COLUMN SIZE IN POS**, enter **4**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/4d30da1e-427d-432a-a3a4-0b13974fbf8d/user_cropped_screenshot_20d12c0aae764426b9f15ba6bbb8e617_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

10. Click **"+Add new"** to add the first color

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/a22b3249-0681-4fef-b3d1-5708766ed646/user_cropped_screenshot_f799400fa9ad4a1ca59ac5c481588ddf_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

11. Under **VALUE**, enter the first color. For example, you can enter "**pink**" but the value must be in lowercase.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/5481949f-6a74-43d5-820a-eb47d5a276eb/user_cropped_screenshot_c5771693759140f49029bbe3a979521f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

12. Under **LABEL**, enter the color as you want it displayed to your employees and/or customers. i.e **Pink**.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/e8581f50-e10e-437a-99a4-c95c7dc54ead/user_cropped_screenshot_05fea6a89fa142a1bbeafdb05b0deac1_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

Tip: Repeat the last 3 steps to create additional colors

13. Repeat for additional colors, as shown below

Click "+Add new"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/ccc80e08-5428-4611-b939-06348d46a2d8/user_cropped_screenshot_d85c42e9a03c4e8ab74f8afdfdeff2e2_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

14. Do the same for another color, Add **red** in lowercase to value, and **Red** with the first letter being capitalized.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/f77810b8-39d1-449a-9baf-97034bd386bd/ascreenshot_1ba0a1bd305a4b8e9ec81d8b4be10dbf_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

15. Click **"+Add new"**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/fcc12466-1f0e-4c60-a745-1ced67bb9922/user_cropped_screenshot_90ec731ff6cb4e178a09a1f6bb7f8f45_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

16. Do the same for another color, Add **blue** in lowercase to value, and **Blue** with the first letter being capitalized.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/a1036721-e797-497c-84a0-faa06b54440d/user_cropped_screenshot_2839e9c0baa840d89dc5c2490669814e_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

17. Enable **"Show on quick update form"** for the attribute to show on the quick update form.

Enable **"Show on product list"**, for it to show as a column and to filter easily in the items section.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/2d167d28-7f2b-4d40-86a2-476a4b147939/user_cropped_screenshot_10ea1899ea104010b753fa91451ceffa_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

18. Click **"Save Changes"**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/ca1c7b1d-ad81-40d2-8e01-1c76655465ed/user_cropped_screenshot_60c884bbd216452984be645d4a14ce42_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

19. Click "Items" on the sidebar

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/f14f53f9-0448-41fa-b713-2a5576d3e073/user_cropped_screenshot_67ac354e53bb4f239547ce643e958f25_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

20. Click "New Item" in the upper right corner

Or click the **blue pen** next to each item on the right.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/cc78b8af-2324-47df-8410-5d36fde2d707/user_cropped_screenshot_e6be3d03a9304942bd70d3402a91d185_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

21. Click the newly added **"COLOR"** attribute dropdown.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/50079209-0e39-43a7-879e-12d796e16881/user_cropped_screenshot_b41fab8facb7437c908acafaf18086a3_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

22. Select a color

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/843ab585-1f07-40c8-97d7-2c25cf580eb1/user_cropped_screenshot_23e52ac73c754234bcae2e26e45b768f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

23. Click **"Save"**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/9719e064-22c9-4f20-aac2-09b2f77e6b3d/user_cropped_screenshot_88914850da7b4dbcb7b4a89f0a9bd69c_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)