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Colouring only works, if column "Issue Type" is set visible, but then it is no more needed.
The problem is that patch for bug #176108 was not applied correctly before last deployment. We prepared the correct patch and the the coloring should work without enabling issue type in the list.
Please see http://kenai.com/jira/browse/KENAI-1660 for 20091211 sprint. It has been tested and verified on testnetbeans.org by QE. It will be out to production in the week of 12/14.