diff --git a/migrate/labels.yml b/migrate/labels.yml
index 0ee9b95..3800e1f 100644
--- a/migrate/labels.yml
+++ b/migrate/labels.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,76 @@
 # Repository labels to be synced across the entire org.
 # For picking hex colors, you can use: https://www.htmlcolor-picker.com/
 
-- name: ":hammer and wrench: maintenance"
-  color: "169509"  # grassy green
+### COMMUNITY LABELS
+
+- name: "good first issue"
+  color: "42dd35"  # friendly lime green
+  description: "A good task for a newcomer to start with"
+
+- name: "help wanted"
+  color: "54976d"  # fenway green
+  description: "Ready to be picke up by anyone in the community"
+
+- name: "DEPR"
+  color: "3c3cc3"  # indigo-blue
+  description: "Proposal for depreaction & removal per OEP-21"
+
+
+### KINDS OF WORK
+
+- name: "maintenance"
+  color: "ff9125"  # construction orange
   description: "Work that must be done for platform health"
 
+- name: "discovery"
+  color: "d876e3"  # a curious shade of lavendar
+  description: "Pre-work to determine if an idea is feasible"
+
+- name: "bug"
+  color: "d93f0b"  # scarlet red
+  description: "Something isn't working"
+
+- name: "enhancement"
+  color: "a2eeef"  # refreshing light teal
+  description: "Update or improvement to an existing feature"
+
+- name: "feature"
+  color: "05d1dc"  # teal for real
+  description: "Addition of new functionality"
+
+
+### SCOPES OF WORK
+
+- name: "epic"
+  color: "7e027e"  # epic violet
+  description: "Large unit of work, consisting of multiple tasks"
+
+- name: "initiative"
+  color: "340963"  # formidably deep mauve
+  description: "Huge unit of work, consisting of multiple epics"
+
+
+### ISSUE OUTCOMES
+
+- name: "wontfix"
+  color: "ffffff"  # white
+  description: "This will not be worked on"
+
+- name: "duplicate"
+  color: "cfd3d7"  # duplicitous grey
+  description: "This issue or pull request already exists elsewhere"
+
+
+### PR TRIAGE WORKFLOW
+
 - name: "waiting on author"
   color: "bfd6f6"  # baby blue
   description: "PR reviewers are waiting on the author to answer questions, fix tests, etc."
 
+- name: "inactive"
+  color: "cc950a"  # clay-ish brown
+  description: "PR author has been unresponsive for several months"
+
 - name: "closed-inactivity"
   color: "dbcd00"  # gold
   description: "PR was closed because the author abandoned it"
@@ -17,6 +79,22 @@
   color: "f5424b"  # crimson red
   description: "Author's first PR to a repository, awaiting test authorization from Axim"
 
-- name: "good first issue :tada:"
-  color: "42dd35"  # lime green
-  description: "A good task for a newcomer to start with"
+- name: "core contributor"
+  color: "000000"  # black
+  description: "PR is Core Contributor with rights in this repository (manually added)"
+
+- name: "open-source-contribution"
+  color: "f0f0f0"  # light grey
+  description: "PR author is not from Axim or 2U"
+
+- name: "blocked by other work"
+  color: "ffa500"  # yellow orange
+  description: "PR cannot be finished until other work is complete"
+
+- name: "changes requested"
+  color: "76a4e3"  # cornflower blue
+  description: "PR reviewers are waiting on author to apply feedback"
+
+- name: "product review"
+  color: "c97bf7"  # light puple
+  description: "PR requires product review before merging"