Setting calendar colors on iPad - colors conflicting with iCal and Exchange

SOLUTION

I think I have solved this problem - well I have for me anyway!!!

I use Google Calendar on my Vista PC

I bought Cloud Calendar from the app store on my iPad 2

It's easier to do than to explain, but you use the PC (easier) to set up various ''calendars''. You can assign a colour (and other parameters) to each ''calendar''. You then set up your appointments, So for me, a teacher, I just have three ''calendars'' (think of them as types of appointment) - school lessons - seminars - Skype lessons - each with a different colour.

Then, on the ipad, you open the application. At the top, on the right there is a sybol that looks like two arrows making a circle. when you tap this, it syncs with the PC version. Now, go to the top left where there is a little sybol which when tapped opens an edit box. In there, you'll see all your Calendars, with the different colours. You tap them to get a tick next to them and VOILA! - now you have you calandar on your ipad with colour coded appointments.

Now I am 65 years old. If this solved your problem, make a commitment to NEVER be ageist against my generation again !!!!

Wayne - Prague - Czech Republic

For what it is worth if anyone finds this thread trying to sync colors to google calendars through Exchange it is better to do it through CalDav as the colors will be in sync and use Exchange for the same google account for your email.

This works for iPad, iPod Touch etc even though it says iphoneselect

google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

Instructions on how to set it up here.

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=151674

I found this thread several times after googling for iPad 2 and using Exchange

Don't use this method for calendar if you want colors to be the same as on google.

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252

Worked perfectly! Thank you

OK, here is the answer. ON THE IPAD, open your calendar. In the upper left selct Calandards. A window opens with all your calandars. In the upper right of this window select edit. Select the calandar you want to change colors. Select the color you want it to be. Then in the upper right of this window select done. You should se the change. And if you are syncing over the air, the next time you open iCal you should see the change there too.

This solved my Google color problem. Thanks!

Hi how do you actually change the colour for the different calendar options.

Thanks

At my side (The Netherlands) the link at Google Support has changed into:

http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=151674, but this solution didn't work for me.

What I found out that one can change coulors via the Calendar App on my Mac (OS X Mountain Lion, 10.8.3).

1. Open the Calendar and open the Calendars sidebar (By clicking the button on the Toolbar).
2. Select a Calendar and click on the menu: Edit > Get Info (⌘I)
3. Behind the Name: you can change the Colour
4. Click on OK

Thereafter (finally) my iOS devices took over the changed colour in their Calendars too!

How simple was that, but before I found this…

Mine is a *similar* problem, but not exactly the same. It is this. My calendars have the appropriate colors (whew!) But the poor ol’ calendar app displays them all in dull dark shades that one must read carefully to distinguish. Readdle’s app, for example, displays events from the various calendars in appropriate bright shades, easily distinguished. Aside from this, no third-party app offers any significant advantage over the native app. Hints?