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You can configure background and font colors per specimen type classes or class in the container map view. This is aimed at making it easy to understand the type of specimens in the box quickly.

You can refer to the supported list of colors here.

Details of each attribute to set color coding for containers in OpenSpecimen are explained in below table:

Attribute	Description
container_color_code	Property used to set container map view color coding.
background	Value used to set the background color.
color	Value used to set the font color.
opacity	Value used to set the opacity of background color.

Set Color at Specimen Class Level

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Log in as a Super Admin.
Navigate to Extras → Dropdown Manager.
Go to 'Specimen Type' and select any class (molecular, fluid, cell, or tissue).

Click on 'Edit'.

Under ‘Properties', add ‘container‘container_color_code’ code’ under ‘Name’ and ‘background=deeppink‘background= yellow, color= red, opacity= 0.6’ 8’ under 'Value’.

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You can add any color for the background and font in this format. If you set the color at specimen class level, all specimen types under the ‘Cell' class will be displayed in 'Deep Pink’ color with an opacity of 60%.

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Set Color at Specimen Type Level

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Log in as a Super Admin.
Navigate to Extras → Dropdown Manager.
Go to 'Specimen Type' and select any specimen type (whole blood, urine, saliva, and so on).