From 3919b721cdeeee58c19ca8323490579a2318bc0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 11:20:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Distinguish Sessions With Different Colors as a Claude
 Code TIL

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 README.md                                     |  3 ++-
 ...tinguish-sessions-with-different-colors.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 claude-code/distinguish-sessions-with-different-colors.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ working across different projects via [VisualMode](https://www.visualmode.dev/).
 
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@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 ### Claude Code
 
 - [Allow Edits From The Start](claude-code/allow-edits-from-the-start.md)
+- [Distinguish Sessions With Different Colors](claude-code/distinguish-sessions-with-different-colors.md)
 - [Monitor Usage Limits From CLI](claude-code/monitor-usage-limits-from-cli.md)
 - [Open Current Prompt In Default Editor](claude-code/open-current-prompt-in-default-editor.md)
 - [Resume Specific Session](claude-code/resume-specific-session.md)
diff --git a/claude-code/distinguish-sessions-with-different-colors.md b/claude-code/distinguish-sessions-with-different-colors.md
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+# Distinguish Sessions With Different Colors
+
+I sometimes have several Claude Code sessions open at once. As I bounce between
+tmux windows, it can sometimes be tricky to tell them apart at a glance. One way
+that Claude Code can help with this is with some light styling. You can change
+the accent color of a session with the `/color` command.
+
+Run it as is and it will choose a random color to set the session to.
+
+Or you can pick from any of the available colors which it will give you a hint
+for if you type a space after `/color`.
+
+```
+/color [red|blue|green|yellow|purple|orange|pink|cyan|default]
+```
+
+I can run the following to set it to cyan:
+
+```
+/color cyan
+```
+
+More details on this kinds of commands can be found in the [_Commands_
+docs](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/commands).