diff --git a/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/TagSrv.js b/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/TagSrv.js
index 83a6057a21..9527d15c92 100644
--- a/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/TagSrv.js
+++ b/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/TagSrv.js
@@ -1,47 +1,53 @@
-(function() {
+(function () {
     'use strict';
     angular.module('theHiveServices')
-        .service('TagSrv', function(QuerySrv, $q, $http) {
+        .service('TagSrv', function (QuerySrv, $q, VersionSrv, $http) {
 
-            this.getFreeTags = function() {
+            this.getFreeTags = function () {
                 var defer = $q.defer();
 
-                var operations = [
-                    { _name: 'listTag'},
-                    { _name: 'freetags'},
-                ]
-
-                QuerySrv.query('v1', operations, {
-                    params: {
-                        name: 'list-tags'
-                    }
-                }).then(function(response) {
-                    defer.resolve(response.data);
-                });
+                VersionSrv.get()
+                    .then(function (appConfig) {
+                        var defaultColour = appConfig.config.freeTagDefaultColour;
+
+                        return QuerySrv.query('v1', [
+                            { _name: 'listTag' },
+                            { _name: 'freetags' },
+                            { _name: 'filter', _not: { colour: defaultColour } }
+                        ], {
+                            params: {
+                                name: 'list-tags'
+                            }
+                        })
+                    })
+
+                    .then(function (response) {
+                        defer.resolve(response.data);
+                    });
 
                 return defer.promise;
             };
 
-            this.updateTag = function(id, patch) {
+            this.updateTag = function (id, patch) {
                 return $http.patch('./api/v1/tag/' + id, patch);
             }
 
-            this.removeTag = function(id) {
+            this.removeTag = function (id) {
                 return $http.delete('./api/v1/tag/' + id);
             }
 
-            this.autoComplete = function(term) {
+            this.autoComplete = function (term) {
                 var defer = $q.defer();
 
                 var operations = [
-                    { _name: 'tagAutoComplete', freeTag: term, limit: 20}
+                    { _name: 'tagAutoComplete', freeTag: term, limit: 20 }
                 ]
 
                 QuerySrv.call('v1', operations, {
                     name: 'tags-auto-complete'
-                }).then(function(response) {
-                    defer.resolve(_.map(response, function(tag) {
-                        return {text: tag};
+                }).then(function (response) {
+                    defer.resolve(_.map(response, function (tag) {
+                        return { text: tag };
                     }));
                 });
 
diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/StatusCtrl.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/StatusCtrl.scala
index f2d0aa0a6a..28973f563e 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/StatusCtrl.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/StatusCtrl.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class StatusCtrl @Inject() (
     appConfig.item[FiniteDuration]("stream.longPolling.pollingDuration", "amount of time the UI have to wait before polling the stream")
   def streamPollingDuration: FiniteDuration = streamPollingDurationConfig.get
 
+  val tagsDefaultColourConfig = appConfig.item[String]("tags.freeTagColour", "Default free tag colour")
+
   private def getVersion(c: Class[_]): String = Option(c.getPackage.getImplementationVersion).getOrElse("SNAPSHOT")
 
   def get: Action[AnyContent] =
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ class StatusCtrl @Inject() (
               }),
               "capabilities"    -> authSrv.capabilities.map(c => JsString(c.toString)),
               "ssoAutoLogin"    -> authSrv.capabilities.contains(AuthCapability.sso),
-              "pollingDuration" -> streamPollingDuration.toMillis
+              "pollingDuration" -> streamPollingDuration.toMillis,
+              "freeTagDefaultColour" -> tagsDefaultColourConfig.get
             ),
             "schemaStatus" -> schemas.flatMap(_.schemaStatus).map { schemaStatus =>
               Json.obj(