# Meaning of goal colors on Dashboard

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meaning-of-goal-colors-on-dashboard/11138>\
**Category:** Newbee\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meaning-of-goal-colors-on-dashboard/11138 "2023-09-11T00:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ms1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@ms1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/ms1)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meaning-of-goal-colors-on-dashboard/11138/1 "2023-09-11T00:49:40Z")

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What do the different goal colors mean? I looked in the FAQ and didn’t find this info. The forum has a few posts about goal colors but none of them explains this.

As far as I can tell there are 4: orange, red, blue, green. My best guess (based on my own dashboard) is:  
Blue: Very safe (far from derailing)  
Green: Safe (moderately far from derailing)  
Orange: Close to derailing  
Red: Beemergency (i.e. derailing same day) or very close to derailing

Is this right?

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**Author:** ![cgamer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@cgamer1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/cgamer1)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meaning-of-goal-colors-on-dashboard/11138/2 "2023-09-11T01:47:21Z")

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A super fair question.

Red = Will derail today if data is not added  
Orange = Will derail tomorrow  
Blue = Will derail in 2 days  
Green = Will derail in 3+ days

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**Author:** ![ms1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@ms1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/ms1)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meaning-of-goal-colors-on-dashboard/11138/3 "2023-09-11T14:12:20Z")

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Thank you!