diff --git a/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table-types.ts b/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table-types.ts
index 98934de88a..b82154d9f3 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table-types.ts
+++ b/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table-types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {
-  CalculatedColumn, CellClickArgs, ColSpanArgs, Column, RenderEditCellProps, RenderCellProps, RenderHeaderCellProps,
-  RenderRowProps, RowsChangeData
+  CalculatedColumn, CellClickArgs, ColSpanArgs, Column, RenderCellProps, RenderEditCellProps, Renderers,
+  RenderHeaderCellProps, RenderRowProps, RowsChangeData
 } from "react-data-grid"
 import { IGroupedCase, symFirstChild } from "../../models/data/data-set-types"
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface TRow extends IGroupedCase {
 export interface TRowsChangeData extends RowsChangeData<TRow> {}
 export interface TColumn extends Column<TRow> {}
 export interface TCalculatedColumn extends CalculatedColumn<TRow> {}
+export interface TRenderers extends Renderers<TRow, unknown> {}
 export interface TRenderEditCellProps extends RenderEditCellProps<TRow> {}
 export interface TRenderCellProps extends RenderCellProps<TRow> {}
 export interface TRenderHeaderCellProps extends RenderHeaderCellProps<TRow> {}
diff --git a/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table.scss b/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table.scss
index cce2f4fa0a..64bacde0ed 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table.scss
+++ b/v3/src/components/case-table/case-table.scss
@@ -255,19 +255,17 @@ $table-body-font-size: 8pt;
         }
       }
 
-      .cell-span {
-        .cell-color-swatch {
-          width: 100%;
-          height: 100%;
-          display: flex;
-          align-items: center;
-          justify-content: center;
+      .cell-color-swatch {
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
 
-          .cell-color-swatch-interior {
-            width: calc(100% - 4px);
-            height: calc(100% - 8px);
-            margin-top: 0.5px;
-          }
+        .cell-color-swatch-interior {
+          width: calc(100% - 4px);
+          height: calc(100% - 8px);
+          margin-top: 0.5px;
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-table.tsx b/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-table.tsx
index 347c23f69b..6dc681bca9 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-table.tsx
+++ b/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-table.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react-lite"
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react"
 import DataGrid, { DataGridHandle } from "react-data-grid"
 import { kCollectionTableBodyDropZoneBaseId } from "./case-table-drag-drop"
-import { OnScrollClosestRowIntoViewFn, OnTableScrollFn, TRow } from "./case-table-types"
+import { OnScrollClosestRowIntoViewFn, OnTableScrollFn, TRenderers, TRow } from "./case-table-types"
 import { CollectionTableSpacer } from "./collection-table-spacer"
 import { CollectionTitle } from "./collection-title"
+import { customRenderRow } from "./custom-row"
 import { useColumns } from "./use-columns"
 import { useIndexColumn } from "./use-index-column"
 import { useRows } from "./use-rows"
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ import styles from "./case-table-shared.scss"
 
 type OnNewCollectionDropFn = (dataSet: IDataSet, attrId: string, beforeCollectionId: string) => void
 
+// custom renderers for use with RDG
+const renderers: TRenderers = { renderRow: customRenderRow }
+
 interface IProps {
   onMount: (collectionId: string) => void
   onNewCollectionDrop: OnNewCollectionDropFn
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ export const CollectionTable = observer(function CollectionTable(props: IProps)
       <CollectionTableSpacer onDrop={handleNewCollectionDrop} />
       <div className="collection-table-and-title">
         <CollectionTitle />
-        <DataGrid ref={gridRef} className="rdg-light" data-testid="collection-table-grid"
+        <DataGrid ref={gridRef} className="rdg-light" data-testid="collection-table-grid" renderers={renderers}
           columns={columns} rows={rows} headerRowHeight={+styles.headerRowHeight} rowKeyGetter={rowKey}
           rowHeight={+styles.bodyRowHeight} selectedRows={selectedRows} onSelectedRowsChange={setSelectedRows}
           columnWidths={columnWidths.current} onColumnResize={handleColumnResize}
diff --git a/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-title.tsx b/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-title.tsx
index 2b5867b9fa..3b2d82697c 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-title.tsx
+++ b/v3/src/components/case-table/collection-title.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const CollectionTitle = observer(function CollectionTitle() {
   const data = useDataSetContext()
   const collectionId = useCollectionContext()
   const collection = data?.getCollection(collectionId)
-  const collectionName = collection?.name ?? ""
+  const collectionName = collection?.name || t("DG.AppController.createDataSet.collectionName")
   const { isTileSelected } = useTileModelContext()
   const caseCount = data?.getCasesForCollection(collection?.id).length ?? 0
   const tileRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
diff --git a/v3/src/components/case-table/custom-row.tsx b/v3/src/components/case-table/custom-row.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cea253044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/src/components/case-table/custom-row.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { colord } from "colord"
+import { observer } from "mobx-react-lite"
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react"
+import { Row } from "react-data-grid"
+import { TRenderRowProps } from "./case-table-types"
+import { useCollectionContext } from "../../hooks/use-collection-context"
+import { useDataSetContext } from "../../hooks/use-data-set-context"
+import { IDataSet } from "../../models/data/data-set"
+import { parseColorToHex } from "../../utilities/color-utils"
+
+// have to balance background visibility vs. visibility/accessibility of rendered text
+const kAlphaForRowBackground = 0.1
+
+function getRowColor(data: IDataSet | undefined, collectionId: string, caseId: string) {
+  if (!data) return
+  // check first attribute of this collection or parent collections for a color attribute
+  const collectionIndex = data?.getCollectionIndex(collectionId) ?? -1
+  for (let i = collectionIndex; i >= 0; --i) {
+    const collection = i < data.collections.length ? data.collections[i] : undefined
+    const firstAttribute = collection?.attributes[0] ?? data.attributes[0]
+    if (firstAttribute?.userType === "color") {
+      const firstValue = data.getStrValue(caseId, firstAttribute.id)
+      const firstColor = firstValue && parseColorToHex(firstValue, { colorNames: true })
+      if (firstColor) {
+        // reduce alpha for text contrast/visibility
+        return colord(firstColor).alpha(kAlphaForRowBackground).toHex()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const CustomRow = observer(function CustomRow(props: TRenderRowProps) {
+  const data = useDataSetContext()
+  const collectionId = useCollectionContext()
+  const rowRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+  const { row: { __id__: caseId } } = props
+  const rowColor = getRowColor(data, collectionId, caseId) ?? ""
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (rowRef.current) {
+      rowRef.current.style.backgroundColor = rowColor
+    }
+  }, [rowColor])
+
+  return <Row ref={rowRef} {...props}></Row>
+})
+
+export function customRenderRow(key: React.Key, props: TRenderRowProps) {
+  return <CustomRow key={key} {...props} />
+}
diff --git a/v3/src/components/case-table/use-columns.tsx b/v3/src/components/case-table/use-columns.tsx
index e4ac4ad75c..090f43c3f8 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/case-table/use-columns.tsx
+++ b/v3/src/components/case-table/use-columns.tsx
@@ -28,27 +28,33 @@ export const getNumFormatter = (formatStr: string) => {
   return formatter
 }
 
-export function renderValue(str = "", num = NaN, attr?: IAttribute) {
+export function renderValue(str = "", num = NaN, attr?: IAttribute, key?: number) {
   const { type, userType } = attr || {}
 
   // colors
   const color = type === "color" || !userType ? parseColor(str, { colorNames: type === "color" }) : ""
   if (color) {
-    return (
-      <div className="cell-color-swatch" >
-        <div className="cell-color-swatch-interior" style={{ background: color }} />
-      </div>
-    )
+    return {
+      value: color,
+      content: (
+        <div className="cell-color-swatch" key={key}>
+          <div className="cell-color-swatch-interior" style={{ background: color }} />
+        </div>
+      )
+    }
   }
 
   // numbers
   if (isFinite(num)) {
     const formatStr = attr?.format ?? kDefaultFormatStr
     const formatter = getNumFormatter(formatStr)
-    if (formatter) return formatter(num)
+    if (formatter) str = formatter(num)
   }
 
-  return str
+  return {
+    value: str,
+    content: <span className="cell-span" key={key}>{str}</span>
+  }
 }
 
 interface IUseColumnsProps {
@@ -63,20 +69,20 @@ export const useColumns = ({ data, indexColumn }: IUseColumnsProps) => {
 
   // cell renderer
   const RenderCell = useCallback(function({ column, row }: TRenderCellProps) {
-    const str = (data?.getStrValue(row.__id__, column.key) ?? "").trim()
-    const isParentCollapsed = row[symParent] ? caseMetadata?.isCollapsed(row[symParent]) : false
-    const output = isParentCollapsed
-                    ? ""
-                    : renderValue(str, data?.getNumeric(row.__id__, column.key), data?.attrFromID(column.key))
-    const tooltip = typeof output === "string" ? output : str
+    const strValue = (data?.getStrValue(row.__id__, column.key) ?? "").trim()
+    const numValue = data?.getNumeric(row.__id__, column.key)
     // if this is the first React render after performance rendering, add a
     // random key to force React to render the contents for synchronization
     const key = row[symDom]?.has(column.key) ? Math.random() : undefined
     row[symDom]?.delete(column.key)
+    const isParentCollapsed = row[symParent] ? caseMetadata?.isCollapsed(row[symParent]) : false
+    const { value, content } = isParentCollapsed
+                                ? { value: "", content: null }
+                                : renderValue(strValue, numValue, data?.attrFromID(column.key), key)
     return (
-      <Tooltip label={tooltip} h="20px" fontSize="12px" color="white" data-testid="case-table-data-tip"
+      <Tooltip label={value} h="20px" fontSize="12px" color="white" data-testid="case-table-data-tip"
         openDelay={1000} placement="bottom" bottom="10px" left="15px">
-        <span className="cell-span" key={key}>{output}</span>
+        {content}
       </Tooltip>
     )
   }, [caseMetadata, data])