diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/backlog/main.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/backlog/main.coffee
index 59999cae..de9f2100 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/backlog/main.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/backlog/main.coffee
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ toggleText = @.taiga.toggleText
 scopeDefer = @.taiga.scopeDefer
 bindOnce = @.taiga.bindOnce
 groupBy = @.taiga.groupBy
-textToColor = @.taiga.textToColor
-bindOnce = @.taiga.bindOnce
 
 module = angular.module("taigaBacklog")
 
@@ -321,12 +319,12 @@ class BacklogController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.F
         @scope.filters = {}
 
         plainTags = _.flatten(_.map(@scope.userstories, "tags"))
-        @scope.filters.tags = _.map _.countBy(plainTags), (v, k) ->
+        @scope.filters.tags = _.map _.countBy(plainTags), (v, k) =>
             obj = {
                 id: k,
                 type: "tags",
                 name: k,
-                color: textToColor(k),
+                color: @scope.project.tags_colors[k],
                 count: v
             }
             obj.selected = true if isSelected("tags", obj.id)
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee
index 0ce25457..0bb34b9e 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 ###
 
 taiga = @.taiga
-textToColor = @.taiga.textToColor
 
 module = angular.module("taigaBase")
 
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ module.directive("tgTags", TagsDirective)
 ColorizeTagBackgroundDirective = ->
     link = ($scope, $el, $attrs, $ctrl) ->
         text = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTagBackground)
-        color = textToColor(text)
+        color = $scope.project.tags_colors[text]
         $el.css("background", color)
 
     return {link: link}
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ module.directive("tgColorizeTagBackground", ColorizeTagBackgroundDirective)
 ColorizeTagBorderLeftDirective = ->
     link = ($scope, $el, $attrs, $ctrl) ->
         text = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTagBorderLeft)
-        color = textToColor(text)
+        color = $scope.project.tags_colors[text]
         $el.css("border-left", "5px solid #{color}")
 
     return {link: link}
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/common.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/common.coffee
index 3600f4a3..e5fa975a 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/common.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/common.coffee
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ taiga = @.taiga
 
 trim = @.taiga.trim
 typeIsArray = @.taiga.typeIsArray
-textToColor = @.taiga.textToColor
 
 module = angular.module("taigaCommon", [])
 
@@ -50,9 +49,9 @@ TagLineDirective = ($log) ->
         </div>
     <% }); %>""")
 
-    renderTags = ($el, tags, editable) ->
+    renderTags = ($el, tags, editable, tagsColors) ->
         ctx = {
-            tags: _.map(tags, (t) -> {name: t, color: textToColor(t)})
+            tags: _.map(tags, (t) -> {name: t, color: tagsColors[t]})
             editable: editable
         }
         html = templateTags(ctx)
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ TagLineDirective = ($log) ->
 
         $scope.$watch $attrs.ngModel, (val) ->
             return if not val
-            renderTags($el, val, editable)
+            renderTags($el, val, editable, $scope.project.tags_colors)
 
         $el.find("input").remove() if not editable
 
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/issues/list.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/issues/list.coffee
index 3dff59d0..4e261cc3 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/issues/list.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/issues/list.coffee
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ groupBy = @.taiga.groupBy
 bindOnce = @.taiga.bindOnce
 debounce = @.taiga.debounce
 startswith = @.taiga.startswith
-textToColor = @.taiga.textToColor
 
 module = angular.module("taigaIssues")
 
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ class IssuesController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
                 obj = {
                     id: t[0],
                     name: t[0],
-                    color: textToColor(t[0]),
+                    color: @scope.project.tags_colors[t[0]],
                     count: t[1],
                     type: "tags"
                 }
diff --git a/app/coffee/utils.coffee b/app/coffee/utils.coffee
index 668b8d12..30e60284 100644
--- a/app/coffee/utils.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/utils.coffee
@@ -124,20 +124,6 @@ sizeFormat = (input, precision=1) ->
 typeIsArray = Array.isArray || ( value ) -> return {}.toString.call( value ) is '[object Array]'
 
 
-textToColor = (text) ->
-    hash = hex_sha1(text.trim().toLowerCase())
-    color = hash.substring(0,6)
-                .replace("0","8")
-                .replace("1","9")
-                .replace("2","a")
-                .replace("3","b")
-                .replace("4","c")
-                .replace("5","d")
-                .replace("6","e")
-                .replace("7","f")
-    return "##{color}"
-
-
 # Generic method for generate hash from a arbitrary length
 # collection of parameters.
 generateHash = (components=[]) ->
@@ -161,5 +147,4 @@ taiga.debounce = debounce
 taiga.startswith = startswith
 taiga.sizeFormat = sizeFormat
 taiga.typeIsArray = typeIsArray
-taiga.textToColor = textToColor
 taiga.generateHash = generateHash