{"id":5384,"date":"2026-03-22T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:46:44","slug":"google-color-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/google-color-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Google Event Colors as Reminder Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft already does a good job at Categorizing Events via Outlook<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google took a different approach, and does this using Color Coding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GReminders now supports syncing of Google “Categories” via Color Coding. So if you have an event in your Google Calendar like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GReminders will see it as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which then means that if you want to use this for your Criteria in your Reminder Templates you can do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use Google Color Coding for Follow-up Reminders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let’s say you wish to send clients you meet with a follow up based on how well the appointment went. You can select a color (Lavender for example) after your meeting and anytime prior to when you have scheduled a Follow up Reminder<\/a> and your clients will get a message indicating you would like to schedule another meeting, have them leave a review, or any other message you wish to send after a successful meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how it might look in GReminders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Using Google Color Coding with GReminders gives you more flexibility over what reminders you can send to your clients, and you can control all of this from your Google Calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s It! Any questions, please contact support@greminders.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Scheduling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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