Labels and Ratings - question

Hi, thanks for looking at my question.
Bridge comes with 5 colored labels/ratings.  In Bridge preferences, the first four -- red, yellow, green and blue -- have keyboard shortcuts.
Is there a way to apply a keyboard shortcut to the fifth -- purple label?  I use the purple label a lot and it would be really helpful to have a keyboard shortcut.
Also I noticed if I change the names of the labels from the pre-programmed ones (Select, Second, etc) -- I lose all the labels on any items I have already labels... they all go white.  Is this a known problem?
Thanks.

Is there a way to apply a keyboard shortcut to the fifth -- purple label? 
I'm afraid not
I lose all the labels on any items I have
already labels... they all go white.  Is this a known problem?
It is, I agree it would be preferable if they did not change color.
Nevertheless you might be tempted to add a feature request for this, the
more people ask for it the greater change it will change in the future

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