Mavericks' finder "tag" vs. Lion's "label"

Hey all. Can I make Mavericks finder tags look like Lion's finder labels?
In Lion's finder, when you apply a "label" to a file (or whatever), in list view, it makes the entire row the color that you've chosen, which is really great for highlighting a particular file when you have a slew of them and you're only working with one or two.
In Mavericks' finder, you apply a "tag" in the same way (select file with contextual menu), but it puts a little colored dot at the right margin of the file name column. Not nearly as easy to see.
Lion:
vs. Mavericks
No contest in my book. Any advice will be appreciated, thanks.

There's a free 3rd party option called XtraFinder that adds the full color label back to files and folders.
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