Define order of label color in Finder

Question

I have ordered labeled PDF files with the colors green (very good), orange (ok) and red (bad). When I order my files after labels I get:

But I want to have

Is it possible to configure finder to order labels in my preferred way?

gentmatt · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-10 12:09:31Z

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No.

The ordering after colors is alphabetical. The order you want is 'random' and this is not supported by default.

answered Mar 10 '12 at 12:09

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joelseph · Answer 2 · 2012-03-11 03:19:17Z

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You can change the label names in Finder preferences so they'll be sorted how you'd like:

Finder Label Preferences

With label names changed, they now sort like this:

Finder Window with Custom Label Sort Order

answered Mar 11 '12 at 3:19

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