using lodash .groupBy. how to add your own keys for grouped output?

You can do it like this in both Underscore and Lodash (3.x and 4.x).

var data = [{
  "name": "jim",
  "color": "blue",
  "age": "22"
}, {
  "name": "Sam",
  "color": "blue",
  "age": "33"
}, {
  "name": "eddie",
  "color": "green",
  "age": "77"
}];

console.log(
  _.chain(data)
    // Group the elements of Array based on `color` property
    .groupBy("color")
    // `key` is group's name (color), `value` is the array of objects
    .map((value, key) => ({ color: key, users: value }))
    .value()
);

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Original Answer

var result = _.chain(data)
    .groupBy("color")
    .pairs()
    .map(function(currentItem) {
        return _.object(_.zip(["color", "users"], currentItem));
    })
    .value();
console.log(result);

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Note: Lodash 4.0 onwards, the .pairs function has been renamed to _.toPairs()