# Fill Color as a custom property on a template

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fill-color-as-a-custom-property-on-a-template/7290>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 19, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fill-color-as-a-custom-property-on-a-template/7290 "2013-09-19T16:56:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![TConnolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@TConnolly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TConnolly)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fill-color-as-a-custom-property-on-a-template/7290/1 "2013-09-19T16:56:56Z")

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Using Ignition 7.6.3 on Win7-64. Still new at this.

I’ve created two custom templates using linear scale components and level indicator components. I want to know how to specify the fill color of the level indicator component as a custom property. I have already created custom properties for scale min/max and tic mark spans, but now I want to specify the fill color of the level indicator components. For example, on one template I need the fill to be 255,0,0 (red) and on another I need to use 0,0,255 (blue). How do I specify the fill color, is it a string, three integers, or something else?

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**Author:** ![TConnolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@TConnolly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TConnolly)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fill-color-as-a-custom-property-on-a-template/7290/2 "2013-09-19T17:24:24Z")

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Got it.  
I did not realize that there was a color data type - stumbled upon it and made a property of type color and bound it to the fill color.