[FEATURE] User definable input colour in Claude code (CLI) Konsole

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Problem Statement

Summary

It would be useful to be able to visually distinguish user messages from assistant responses in the Claude Code conversation display via a configurable colour setting.

Current behaviour

User input and assistant responses are distinguished by layout (the > prompt marker) but both render in the same colour. There is no setting in settings.json or /config to change the colour of user messages specifically.

Desired behaviour

A setting (e.g. in settings.json or via /config) that allows users to assign a specific ANSI colour to their typed messages in the conversation view — separate from the assistant response colour and the overall theme.

Use case

When scrolling back through a long conversation, it is difficult to quickly scan for where your own inputs are. A distinct colour for user messages would make navigation and review significantly easier.

Environment

• Claude Code CLI (terminal)
• Terminal: Konsole on KDE Plasma / Wayland
• OS: CachyOS (Arch-based Linux)

Proposed Solution

Add a configurable field in settings.jsonl or a /skill to configure the output /input colours.

Alternative Solutions

There is no simple work around.

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

It's a long and fatiguing process to work back through user inputs and walls of bash echo and agent outputs when attempting to debug code. It would improve the task tremendously to be able to identify user inputs easily by colour.

My optometrist will not thank you for making this easier ..

Additional Context

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