go to settings, there should be general, accounts, labels, filter.... tabs.
Click on Labels, "create a new label" tab, call it vanagon. Go to filter tab
and create a filter with f.ex. contains "from vanagon.com" make label
"vanagon". on the left side of the window is a box called label: there
should be a "vanagon-label". just on the right of this name is a little
square box. click on it and you can choose the color of your choice.
i hope it makes sense.

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski <
pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know how use the new Custom Label feature in Gmail?
>
> Would be nice separate Vanagon list mails from Type2 List by color.  I keep
> hitting "enable" but I can't find the label colors anywhere.  Below is the
> blurb from Gmail Tech:
> *
> Custom Label Colors
> by Mark K
>
> Lets you create your own combination of colors for labels. Instead of
> choosing one of the standard colors from the label dropdown menu, click on
> Add custom colors. Pick your combination of colors, hit Apply, and enjoy.*
>
> --
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
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1981 VW Westy "Jenny"
2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6
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