diff --git a/addons/project/project_view.xml b/addons/project/project_view.xml
index 1d5ade40e69..006d32b8b68 100644
--- a/addons/project/project_view.xml
+++ b/addons/project/project_view.xml
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@
             <field name="type">tree</field>
             <field name="field_parent">child_ids</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <tree colors="red:date&lt;current_date and state in ('open');blue:state in ('draft','pending');grey: state in ('close','cancelled')" string="Projects">
+                <tree colors="red:date and (date&lt;current_date) and (state in ('open'));blue:state in ('draft','pending');grey: state in ('close','cancelled')" string="Projects">
                     <field name="sequence" invisible="1"/>
+                    <field name="date" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="name" string="Project Name"/>
                     <field name="user_id" string="Project Manager"/>
                     <field name="partner_id" string="Partner"/>