More inspo from Things 3. Here's how they do it:

Now I don't think we need to go 100% this, but would be cool to explore designs that make selections more obvious. Ideas:
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That鈥檚 a beautiful blue
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Looking at how GitHub.com does it on desktop, how about coloring the 馃彿 icon based on the label鈥檚 color?
I love that idea @j-f1 I think if we keep the labels contrast in mind it would make the feature more valuable :)
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Yeah, black or dark gray labels could be difficult.
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Looking at how GitHub.com does it on desktop, how about coloring the 馃彿 icon based on the label鈥檚 color?