Labels will change color of entire track, instead of selected clips

[Katie at Starfish]

I am working on a project, and I like to keep things organized by color labels. However, as of yesterday, whenever I try to change the label color of a clip, it instead changes the color of the entire track (as long as it is from the same source file). I have tried updating Premiere, tried creating a new file after the update and copying the needed clips to said new file, tried looking in every setting pannel I coud find, and nothing is working. I want to be able to change the color of only selected clips on my timeline, not the entire timeline. How do I fix this? Is anyone else having this problem?

(I know I can "label" clips using markers, but I would like to be able to organize things in the way I am used to, and works best for me.)

[gerikp · Accepted solution]

In your timeline panel go to the Wrench and click to reveal the menu. The top menu item should be "Show Source Clip Name and Label" (in most recent versions of PPro). Toggle that menu item on or off and report back what happen to the clip colors in your timeline.

[Katie at Starfish]

It worked! I had to uncheck it, and I'm able to label individual clips agin. Thank you so much for the help!

[gerikp]

Hey, your are very welcome. Glad your back to being productive with your edits! 

[morgant32797687]

This was very helpful, thank you both of you!

[Harry22029241ftdp]

Thank you. I had same problem, you had same solution. 
Merry christmas

[gerikp]

Glad you got a fix. Merry Christmas to you too!

[zeeshann87117630]

there is no such option in my panel. currently I am using premier 2020

[MikeMcCarthy]

In Premiere 2020, it is still in the project settings.  File > Project Settings > General and toggle the check box labeled “Display the project item name and label color for all instances.”

[isares]

This thing save me a lot of trouble , I always deal with long interview clip which i have to organize a lot of topics in a very long single clip. I use to cut and label it easily then one day when I did it the whole clip change it color ,I literaly had to write down the timecode on paper.

[JebusIsEre]

Thank you for sharing

[ChrisSabo]

WOW - that was stupid and easy - thank you!

[Christopher2644986377oc]

I know you posted this more than a year ago, but it has saved me so much time!  I litterally have had two different sessions with a virtual tech support person from adobe.  They assumed that there as an issue with this update of the software.  Their supervisor is actually still scheduled to call me back.  I can get along with my projects rather than idling for hours while someone else tries to trouble shoot all the steps I already did.  

[Natalie Sanchez_]

live saver!!!!thank you

[Eellogic]

thanks, same issue appeared for no reason, was working fine before... useful quick fix tip 👍

[Angélica Dhays]

Oh man! Thank you! I have been going crazy! All my sequences from a HUGE project had no color labels, they were all missing, I unchecked this and they are back. You saved me!

[Video32582806oc5l]

nothing happened .. it remains the same 

[Silvia32297597wk72]

Really THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[STORY Inc]

Thank you for sharing

[ahmetttt]

thanks a bunch it worked like a charm 

[Jeremy289522595hsh]

It is no longer on the wrench in 2023. Any luck anyone? 

[Jeremy289522595hsh]

nvm

[blakejarvis]

legit was just looking into this. what a weird everlasting premiere question 2 years later

[AndrewTheGreat]

This is certainly an issue. A menu item like showing names and labels should not make the whole track be subject to color changes.