# Problem with color ranges in meter control

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-color-ranges-in-meter-control/11961>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 22, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-color-ranges-in-meter-control/11961 "2016-07-22T14:56:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-color-ranges-in-meter-control/11961/1 "2016-07-22T14:56:49Z")

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So I’ve noticed that my meters sometimes lose their range colors, just showing the background color. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of rhyme or reason. In the designer if I change values the colors will turn up. Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks,

Jake

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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-color-ranges-in-meter-control/11961/2 "2016-07-22T16:56:57Z")

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If I put in values manually when I’m editing the control it looks correct. Also, if I put in the values on the window in the designer it works as well. It’s like the values aren’t being read until it thinks they are changed.

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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-color-ranges-in-meter-control/11961/3 "2016-07-25T12:41:48Z")

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Anyone have any thoughts on this? Is there a way to debug the controls?

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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-color-ranges-in-meter-control/11961/4 "2016-07-25T14:32:23Z")

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Fixed it, I need to use an expression instead of a tag directly and convert it to a double for the gauge to work correctly