Can Bridge label images in Finder?

I want the images I've selected in Bridge - sorted by Rating - to have a color label when I view them in a folder in Finder. Currently I just manually label each one in Finder with the Bridge window open. is there a better way?

Label colors are very seldom interacting with other applications, Finder is not compatible with Bridge and v.v.
If you do want to color label the files in Finder the quickest way in my opinion would be to create separate folders for this temporarily job. For instance create 5 folders, 1 folder per rating. Set those folders in the favorite panel and be sure to have them in sight.
Use the folder panel preferable under the favorite panel, you can move panels with drag and drop to create your own workspace in Bridge.
In the folder panel select the folder you have the rated files in. Then use the filter panel (again placed visible, move to desired place, you can have all three in one column e.g. at the left, next to content panel) and select 1 star to only view the 1 star rating in content panel.
Now select all in content panel and drag and drop the files to the 1 star rating folder in favorites.
Then switch to Finder and point to the 1 star rating folder. Again use select all and with right mouse click menu select the color label you want to apply, let go and all selected files are applied with the color label.
Go back to Bridge and select the 1 star folder in favorites, drag and drop the files back to their original folder and repeat this method for other ratings using filter panel and drag and drop.
It is a bit of a D-tour but much faster then using the one by one method…

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dave-m:
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Do you Twango?
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So, simply put, is there no way I can get Bridge to read and display the
color-label information as shown in the Finder?
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:45:55 -0700
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