diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index dda1f790..13a6b9f0 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import {
   waitForPendingUploads,
   extractUserAuthoredText,
   type Recipient,
+  enrichChipsWithColorsAndIcons,
+  ICON_MAP,
 } from "@/lib/email-composer-utils";
 import { isValidEmail } from "@/lib/validation";
 import { RichTextEditor } from "@/components/email/rich-text-editor";
@@ -826,6 +828,26 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [composerClient, plainTextMode, mode]);
 
+    const processEnrichment = async (
+      recipients: Recipient[],
+      setRecipients: (items: Recipient[]) => void
+    ) => {
+      const hasUnenriched = recipients.some((r) => !r.extra?.enriched);
+      if (!hasUnenriched) return;
+
+        const newChips = await enrichChipsWithColorsAndIcons(recipients);
+        const fullyEnriched = newChips.map((chip) => ({
+          ...chip,
+          extra: { ...chip.extra, enriched: true },
+        }));
+        setRecipients(fullyEnriched);
+    };
+
+
+    useEffect(() => { processEnrichment(to, setTo); }, [to]);
+    useEffect(() => { processEnrichment(cc, setCc); }, [cc]);
+    useEffect(() => { processEnrichment(bcc, setBcc); }, [bcc]);
+
   const composerSignatureHtml = signatureIdentity?.htmlSignature
     ? `<div>${sanitizeSignatureHtmlForDisplay(signatureIdentity.htmlSignature)}</div>`
     : signatureIdentity?.textSignature
@@ -3169,6 +3191,11 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
   const handleContainerDrop = (e: React.DragEvent) => {
     performDrop(e, dropIndex ?? chips.length);
   };
+  const colorStyles: Record<'success' | 'destructive' | 'warning', string> = {
+    success: "bg-success/15 text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-success/30 !border-success",
+    destructive: "bg-destructive/15 text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-destructive/30 !border-destructive",
+    warning: "bg-warning/15 text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-warning/30 !border-warning",
+  };
 
   return (
     <div className="flex-1 relative min-w-0">
@@ -3186,6 +3213,12 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
         {chips.map((chip, i) => {
           const isEditing = editingChip?.index === i;
           const chipDisplay = formatChipDisplay(chip);
+          let IconComponent = null;
+          if(chip.extra?.icon){
+             IconComponent = ICON_MAP[chip.extra?.icon];
+          }
+          const customColor = chip.extra?.color;
+
           return (
             <React.Fragment key={`${chip.email}-${i}`}>
             {dropIndex === i && (
@@ -3214,11 +3247,17 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
                 "inline-flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-md text-sm border border-border transition-colors",
                 isEditing
                   ? "bg-background ring-1 ring-ring"
-                  : "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-accent cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing",
+                  : ( customColor && colorStyles[customColor]
+                      ? `${colorStyles[customColor]} cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing`
+                      :  "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-accent cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing"),
                 !isEditing && draggingIndex === i && "opacity-50"
               )}
               onContextMenu={isEditing ? undefined : (e) => handleContextMenu(e, i, chip)}
             >
+              {IconComponent ? (
+                <IconComponent className={`w-4 h-4 text-${customColor}`} />
+              ) : null}
+
               {isEditing ? (
                 <input
                   ref={editInputRef}
diff --git a/lib/email-composer-utils.ts b/lib/email-composer-utils.ts
index 67c59327..0fe8b2fd 100644
--- a/lib/email-composer-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/email-composer-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { isValidEmail } from "@/lib/validation";
 import { htmlToPlainText } from "@/lib/html-to-text";
+import { emailHooks } from "./plugin-hooks";
+import { Ellipsis, Lock, TriangleAlert } from "lucide-react";
 
 const HTML_ESCAPE_MAP = {
   "&": "&amp;",
@@ -109,6 +111,17 @@ export function extractUserAuthoredText(
   return text;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Used for hook to let plugins enrich recipient chips with colors and icons. 
+ * The icon is a key into ICON_MAP, which maps to a lucide-react component.
+ */
+export const ICON_MAP = {
+  'lock': Lock,
+  'triangle-alert': TriangleAlert,
+  'ellipsis': Ellipsis,
+};
+type IconName = keyof typeof ICON_MAP;
+
 /**
  * A composer recipient. Display name is optional; email is required - except
  * for contact-group chips, which carry their already-resolved members and an
@@ -119,6 +132,16 @@ export type Recipient = {
   name?: string;
   email: string;
   group?: { members: Array<{ name?: string; email: string }> };
+  extra?: {
+    color?: "success" | "destructive" | "warning"; // optional color for display purposes. May be populated by plugins via the onRecipientChipsChange hook.
+    icon?: IconName; // optional icon for display purposes. May be populated by plugins via the onRecipientChipsChange hook.
+    enriched?: boolean; // optional flag to indicate if the recipient has been enriched by plugins via the onRecipientChipsChange hook.
+  };
+};
+
+/** Enriches recipient chips with colors and icons. */
+export async function enrichChipsWithColorsAndIcons(chips: Recipient[]): Promise<Recipient[]> {
+  return await emailHooks.onRecipientChipsChange.transform(chips);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/plugin-hooks.ts b/lib/plugin-hooks.ts
index 02fb8107..a298e933 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-hooks.ts
+++ b/lib/plugin-hooks.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ export const emailHooks = {
   // lets plugin edit emails before they are shown in row. Used to populate preview 
   // field for encryption plugins.
   onEmailsFetched: new HookBus(),
+  // Transform hook - lets plugins edit the recipient chips in composer fields.
+  // They can add, remove, or modify chips (e.g. rewrite addresses, add colors/icons).
+  // Take Recipient[] as argument.
+  onRecipientChipsChange: new HookBus(),
 };
 
 // §7.2 Calendar Hooks