diff --git a/app/models/conference.rb b/app/models/conference.rb
index c7847610..b5fcf15c 100644
--- a/app/models/conference.rb
+++ b/app/models/conference.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
 		              :questions_attributes, :question_ids, :answers_attributes, :answer_ids,
                   :difficulty_levels_attributes, :use_difficulty_levels,
                   :use_vpositions, :use_vdays, :vdays_attributes, :vpositions_attributes, :use_volunteers,
-                  :media_id, :media_type
+                  :media_id, :media_type, :color
 
   has_paper_trail
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     return false
   end
-  
+
   private
 
   ##
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml
index 0176180c..13000e52 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       = f.input :short_title, :hint => "A short title, such as 'osc2013', to be used in URLs"
       = f.input :social_tag, :hint => "The hashtag you'll use on Twitter and Google+.  Don't include the '#' sign!'"
       = f.input :contact_email, :hint => "Contact email address for your conference. Will be used as reply-to address in emails sent out by the system."
+      = f.input :color, :hint => "The color will be used eg for the dashboard.", :input_html => {:size => 6, :type => "color"}
 
       = f.inputs :name => "Scheduling" do
         = f.input :timezone, :as => :time_zone, :hint => "The conference time zone"
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140528072939_add_color_to_conference.rb b/db/migrate/20140528072939_add_color_to_conference.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3f83980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140528072939_add_color_to_conference.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddColorToConference < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :conferences, :color, :string, default: '#000000'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 3ea44dfc..56dd290d 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140514140013) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140528072939) do
 
   create_table "answers", force: true do |t|
     t.string   "title"
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140514140013) do
     t.boolean  "use_volunteers"
     t.string   "media_id"
     t.string   "media_type"
+    t.string   "color",                   default: "#000000"
   end
 
   create_table "conferences_questions", id: false, force: true do |t|