diff --git a/taiga/base/utils/colors.py b/taiga/base/utils/colors.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..517c8add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taiga/base/utils/colors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Andrey Antukh <niwi@niwi.nz>
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Jesús Espino <jespinog@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 David Barragán <bameda@dbarragan.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Alejandro Alonso <alejandro.alonso@kaleidos.net>
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import random
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+DEFAULT_PREDEFINED_COLORS = (
+    "#fce94f",
+    "#edd400",
+    "#c4a000",
+    "#8ae234",
+    "#73d216",
+    "#4e9a06",
+    "#d3d7cf",
+    "#fcaf3e",
+    "#f57900",
+    "#ce5c00",
+    "#729fcf",
+    "#3465a4",
+    "#204a87",
+    "#888a85",
+    "#ad7fa8",
+    "#75507b",
+    "#5c3566",
+    "#ef2929",
+    "#cc0000",
+    "#a40000"
+)
+
+PREDEFINED_COLORS = getattr(settings, "PREDEFINED_COLORS", DEFAULT_PREDEFINED_COLORS)
+
+
+def generate_random_hex_color():
+    return "#{:06x}".format(random.randint(0,0xFFFFFF))
+
+
+def generate_random_predefined_hex_color():
+    return random.choice(PREDEFINED_COLORS)
+
diff --git a/taiga/projects/epics/migrations/0002_epic_color.py b/taiga/projects/epics/migrations/0002_epic_color.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9cd2ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taiga/projects/epics/migrations/0002_epic_color.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.9.2 on 2016-07-27 09:37
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import taiga.base.utils.colors
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('epics', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='epic',
+            name='color',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default=taiga.base.utils.colors.generate_random_predefined_hex_color, max_length=32, verbose_name='color'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/taiga/projects/epics/models.py b/taiga/projects/epics/models.py
index 75380556..6b7d9231 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/epics/models.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/epics/models.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from taiga.base.utils.colors import generate_random_predefined_hex_color
 from taiga.projects.tagging.models import TaggedMixin
 from taiga.projects.occ import OCCModelMixin
 from taiga.projects.notifications.mixins import WatchedModelMixin
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ class Epic(OCCModelMixin, WatchedModelMixin, BlockedMixin, TaggedMixin, models.M
     subject = models.TextField(null=False, blank=False,
                                verbose_name=_("subject"))
     description = models.TextField(null=False, blank=True, verbose_name=_("description"))
+    color = models.CharField(max_length=32, null=False, blank=True,
+                             default=generate_random_predefined_hex_color,
+                             verbose_name=_("color"))
     assigned_to = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, blank=True, null=True,
                                     default=None, related_name="epics_assigned_to_me",
                                     verbose_name=_("assigned to"))
diff --git a/taiga/projects/epics/serializers.py b/taiga/projects/epics/serializers.py
index 081245d9..9b845bbe 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/epics/serializers.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/epics/serializers.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class EpicListSerializer(VoteResourceSerializerMixin, WatchedResourceSerializer,
     created_date = Field()
     modified_date = Field()
     subject = Field()
+    color = Field()
     epics_order = Field()
     client_requirement = Field()
     team_requirement = Field()
diff --git a/taiga/projects/management/commands/sample_data.py b/taiga/projects/management/commands/sample_data.py
index 54b4e027..b659096a 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/management/commands/sample_data.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/management/commands/sample_data.py
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if self.sd.choice([True, True, False, True, True]):
                 filters = {"project": epic.project}
             n = self.sd.choice(list(range(self.sd.int(*NUM_USS_EPICS))))
-            print (n)
             user_stories = UserStory.objects.filter(**filters).order_by("?")[:n]
             for idx, us in enumerate(list(user_stories)):
                 RelatedUserStory.objects.create(epic=epic,
diff --git a/taiga/users/models.py b/taiga/users/models.py
index 98a71dc8..45908a10 100644
--- a/taiga/users/models.py
+++ b/taiga/users/models.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from django_pgjson.fields import JsonField
 from django_pglocks import advisory_lock
 
 from taiga.auth.tokens import get_token_for_user
+from taiga.base.utils.colors import generate_random_hex_color
 from taiga.base.utils.slug import slugify_uniquely
 from taiga.base.utils.files import get_file_path
 from taiga.permissions.choices import MEMBERS_PERMISSIONS
@@ -82,10 +83,6 @@ def get_user_model_safe():
             raise
 
 
-def generate_random_hex_color():
-    return "#{:06x}".format(random.randint(0,0xFFFFFF))
-
-
 def get_user_file_path(instance, filename):
     return get_file_path(instance, filename, "user")