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Entitycanonicalverified 2026-09-23
CATEGORY.SETSummary
Seven expense categories, each owning one hue and one lucide icon everywhere it appears.
Canonical values
| Key | Icon | Hue token | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATEGORY.FOOD | utensils |
--cat-food #f97316 |
2026-09-23 |
| CATEGORY.TRAVEL | plane |
--cat-travel #0091ff |
2026-09-23 |
| CATEGORY.STAY | bed-double |
--cat-stay #8b5cf6 |
2026-09-23 |
| CATEGORY.HOME | house |
--cat-home #92400e |
2026-09-23 |
| CATEGORY.FUN | party-popper |
--cat-fun #ec4899 |
2026-09-23 |
| CATEGORY.SHOP | shopping-bag |
--cat-shop #f5a524 |
2026-09-23 |
| CATEGORY.UTIL | zap |
--cat-util #64748b |
2026-09-23 |
A category is never picked. An expense's is guessed from its description
(KEYWORDS in (tabs)/add.tsx, a different list in recurring/new.tsx), and a
group's from its NAME (categoryForName) — which is also what chooses its cover
gradient. The group Type picker this replaced admitted in its own help text that
it did "nothing else", which is a decision asked of somebody who came to split a
trip, in exchange for a colour.
home is brown rather than green. It was #12a150 — the literal value of
--pos — so the Home puck was the money green in a list whose right-hand column
is money. See reserved-money-direction.
Related
- reserved-money-direction
- tokens
- add — where a category is guessed
Sources
- src/theme/tokens.ts
- src/components/ui/category-icon.tsx
- src/lib/group-category.ts
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