The best practices when using gauges is to use a colored range fill colored to indicate a certain state (for example, up until a certain value the range is colored in red or the more traditional red, amber and green states. This is easily done in gauges using states.
Starting from V5.0.1, you can now also align your gauge pointer (I.e. the needle) to also match the same color within your range without using any script. This can help the user to identify the status even faster (especially when the needle is close to the border between different states values and it’s hard to tell if it’s falling in the good or bad range.
To match the range fill color you can use the checkbox property “use Range Fill” under the pointer “Look” properties:
