I lobbied for this during the Alpha, and lost that round… So here’s round #2, the beta lobby.
This falls under “annoying colour requests” - I know it wasn’t a favourite topic during alpha / stressed everyone out. Sorry in advance, I have to try my luck again.
Meta devices route signals. Fundamentally, they are more similar to the volume faders than they are DSP devices.
The Mixer View could be improved/more usable by changing their colour to match the faders below. Here’s a screenshot by SATO that shows this principle. (Old screenshot, not up to date, too lazy to make a new one, ignore the green text).