diff --git a/config.el b/config.el
index 7c4c1d4..1ab2035 100644
--- a/config.el
+++ b/config.el
@@ -770,6 +770,20 @@ Skip for beamer exports — beamer uses adjustbox on plain tabular."
         mail-specify-envelope-from        t
         message-sendmail-envelope-from    'header))
 
+;; Citation colors — visually separate quoted text from your reply
+(after! mu4e
+  (setq gnus-cite-face-list
+        '(gnus-cite-1 gnus-cite-2 gnus-cite-3 gnus-cite-4))
+  (custom-set-faces!
+    '(gnus-cite-1 :foreground "#8be9fd" :italic t)
+    '(gnus-cite-2 :foreground "#bd93f9" :italic t)
+    '(gnus-cite-3 :foreground "#6272a4" :italic t)
+    '(gnus-cite-4 :foreground "#44475a" :italic t)
+    '(message-cited-text-1 :foreground "#8be9fd" :italic t)
+    '(message-cited-text-2 :foreground "#bd93f9" :italic t)
+    '(message-cited-text-3 :foreground "#6272a4" :italic t)
+    '(message-cited-text-4 :foreground "#44475a" :italic t)))
+
 
 ;;; ============================================================
 ;;; RSS — ELFEED
@@ -2073,3 +2087,4 @@ Formats matching what org-caldav/ox-icalendar export correctly:
 
 ;; gls
 (setq insert-directory-program "gls")
+