Column colors are visual updates that get applied when you publish changes from sandbox mode, but they don't save in column group templates.
Currently, column group templates only save the column structure and configuration - not visual formatting like colors. You'll need to manually reapply column colors after using a template.
To change column colors: click the column header → select "Change color" → choose from Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Violet, or Default.
Mathew – Thanks for this! Really appreciate your feedback, so I'm glad you took a moment to share it with us. I'm curious – could you let me know any specific use cases or workflows or challenges, where these updates would be especially helpful for you?
I'll relay this to our product owners. Any additional context is welcome, so we can keep your situation in mind as we build out the roadmap.
Would be very nice if templates saved the color of the column | Clay