diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard_graphs.js b/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard_graphs.js
index df6a8924c..f878e3b15 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard_graphs.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard_graphs.js
@@ -140,8 +140,13 @@
   };
 
   ProposalGraph.prototype.draw = function() {
+    var colors = {};
+
     this.formatXColumnValues();
     
+    colors[this.progressColumnValues[0]] = '#004a83';
+    colors[this.successfulColumnValues[0]] = '#ff7f0e';
+    
     c3.generate({
       bindto: '#' + this.targetId,
       data: {
@@ -150,7 +155,8 @@
           this.xColumnValues,
           this.progressColumnValues,
           this.successfulColumnValues
-        ]
+        ],
+        colors: colors
       },
       axis: {
         y: {