diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index adda7117e..e6aef3627 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -88,7 +88,40 @@ class DocumentTypeSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer):
         )
 
 
-class TagSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer):
+class ColorField(serializers.Field):
+
+    COLOURS = (
+        (1, "#a6cee3"),
+        (2, "#1f78b4"),
+        (3, "#b2df8a"),
+        (4, "#33a02c"),
+        (5, "#fb9a99"),
+        (6, "#e31a1c"),
+        (7, "#fdbf6f"),
+        (8, "#ff7f00"),
+        (9, "#cab2d6"),
+        (10, "#6a3d9a"),
+        (11, "#b15928"),
+        (12, "#000000"),
+        (13, "#cccccc")
+    )
+
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        for id, color in self.COLOURS:
+            if id == data:
+                return color
+        return "#a6cee3"
+
+    def to_representation(self, value):
+        for id, color in self.COLOURS:
+            if color == value:
+                return id
+        return 1
+
+
+class TagSerializerVersion1(MatchingModelSerializer):
+
+    colour = ColorField(source='color')
 
     class Meta:
         model = Tag
@@ -105,6 +138,23 @@ class TagSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer):
         )
 
 
+class TagSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer):
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Tag
+        fields = (
+            "id",
+            "slug",
+            "name",
+            "color",
+            "match",
+            "matching_algorithm",
+            "is_insensitive",
+            "is_inbox_tag",
+            "document_count"
+        )
+
+
 class CorrespondentField(serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField):
     def get_queryset(self):
         return Correspondent.objects.all()
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index f5ddd88ee..bed44633d 100755
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from .parsers import get_parser_class_for_mime_type
 from .serialisers import (
     CorrespondentSerializer,
     DocumentSerializer,
+    TagSerializerVersion1,
     TagSerializer,
     DocumentTypeSerializer,
     PostDocumentSerializer,
@@ -118,7 +119,12 @@ class TagViewSet(ModelViewSet):
     queryset = Tag.objects.annotate(
         document_count=Count('documents')).order_by(Lower('name'))
 
-    serializer_class = TagSerializer
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if int(self.request.version) == 1:
+            return TagSerializerVersion1
+        else:
+            return TagSerializer
+
     pagination_class = StandardPagination
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
     filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend, OrderingFilter)
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 48712954c..3dcff4a89 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication'
     ],
     'DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS': 'rest_framework.versioning.AcceptHeaderVersioning',
-    'DEFAULT_VERSION': 'v1',
+    'DEFAULT_VERSION': '1',
     'ALLOWED_VERSIONS': ['1', '2']
 }