How do i change the color of my contacts on the new Android Messages app?

[Android Central Question]

My phone updated the Android Messages app last night and now I can't change/assign individual contacts different colors. This is especially annoying in group chats where multiple people are the same color. Am I missing something? The color palette icon is no longer there.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! On mine, if I open the group text, then tap Menu>People & Options, I see the palette icon. Is that the menu you're looking at?

 

[DroidDawgS4]

Welcome to Android Central! On mine, if I open the group text, then tap Menu>People & Options, I see the palette icon. Is that the menu you're looking at?

I'm guessing you haven't updated yet. It happens with the update. I updated just now, and it immediately did it. The color palette is no longer there.

 

[B. Diddy]

Hmm -- which version do you have? I'm on 3.4.048

 

[B. Diddy]

Ok, I just got the latest update (with Dark Mode), and yes, now I see that the option to change the icon color has disappeared. All I can suggest is to send feedback to Google about it.

 

[BiggB8818]

This is so annoying man. I can't believe they would release a update like this. My phone now looks like ****.

 

[anon(8237758)]

I can't believe they got rid of the color palette option for text messaging on the Google message app. That was super useful.

 

[ConeyNC]

This is so utterly annoying. I'm an artist and I NEED to see my contacts in the colors I've chosen. What do they expect me to do, read the name?? (scoffs) I look for colors and shapes first, then if I have to associate letters, I will. But geez laweeze, how can they not keep the color pallette?

I would expect *more* colors in an update, wouldn't you? Adding pastels is a great addition to the current color picks. (More yellows and greens would be great IMO).

Color pallette! Color pallette! (walking around the kitchen with sign held high)

 

[EesyBreezy]

This is so annoying. I have a group text with 8 people in it and 4 of them are the exact same color of orange. How does it assign colors? So dumb.

 

[Graeme Gunn]

It's "Jeez Louise". Louise. The name.

Laweeze? I love it. Lol

 

[RWIndiana]

Same here. This is definitely a downgrade.