diff --git a/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 562166c87..1a810e621 100644
--- a/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 				"Helpers/Extensions/KeyboardShortcut+Extension.swift",
 				"Helpers/Extensions/NSAppearance+Extension.swift",
 				"Helpers/Extensions/NSApplication+Extension.swift",
+				"Helpers/Extensions/NSColor+Extension.swift",
 				"Helpers/Extensions/NSImage+Extension.swift",
 				"Helpers/Extensions/NSMenu+Extension.swift",
 				"Helpers/Extensions/NSMenuItem+Extension.swift",
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift
index 333c69fec..235881dde 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift	
@@ -67,14 +67,23 @@ struct CommandPaletteView: View {
     @FocusState private var isTextFieldFocused: Bool
 
     // The options that we should show, taking into account any filtering from
-    // the query.
+    // the query. Options with matching leadingColor are ranked higher.
     var filteredOptions: [CommandOption] {
         if query.isEmpty {
             return options
         } else {
-            return options.filter {
+            // Filter by title/subtitle match OR color match
+            let filtered = options.filter {
                 $0.title.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains(query) ||
-                ($0.subtitle?.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains(query) ?? false)
+                ($0.subtitle?.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains(query) ?? false) ||
+                colorMatchScore(for: $0.leadingColor, query: query) > 0
+            }
+            
+            // Sort by color match score (higher scores first), then maintain original order
+            return filtered.sorted { a, b in
+                let scoreA = colorMatchScore(for: a.leadingColor, query: query)
+                let scoreB = colorMatchScore(for: b.leadingColor, query: query)
+                return scoreA > scoreB
             }
         }
     }
@@ -191,6 +200,32 @@ struct CommandPaletteView: View {
             isTextFieldFocused = isPresented
         }
     }
+    
+    /// Returns a score (0.0 to 1.0) indicating how well a color matches a search query color name.
+    /// Returns 0 if no color name in the query matches, or if the color is nil.
+    private func colorMatchScore(for color: Color?, query: String) -> Double {
+        guard let color = color else { return 0 }
+        
+        let queryLower = query.lowercased()
+        let nsColor = NSColor(color)
+        
+        var bestScore: Double = 0
+        for name in NSColor.colorNames {
+            guard queryLower.contains(name),
+                  let systemColor = NSColor(named: name) else { continue }
+            
+            let distance = nsColor.distance(to: systemColor)
+            // Max distance in weighted RGB space is ~3.0, so normalize and invert
+            // Use a threshold to determine "close enough" matches
+            let maxDistance: Double = 1.5
+            if distance < maxDistance {
+                let score = 1.0 - (distance / maxDistance)
+                bestScore = max(bestScore, score)
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return bestScore
+    }
 }
 
 /// The text field for building the query for the command palette.
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Helpers/Extensions/NSColor+Extension.swift b/macos/Sources/Helpers/Extensions/NSColor+Extension.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63cf02ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macos/Sources/Helpers/Extensions/NSColor+Extension.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import AppKit
+
+extension NSColor {
+    /// Using a color list let's us get localized names.
+    private static let appleColorList: NSColorList? = NSColorList(named: "Apple")
+
+    convenience init?(named name: String) {
+        guard let colorList = Self.appleColorList,
+              let color = colorList.color(withKey: name.capitalized) else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        guard let components = color.usingColorSpace(.sRGB) else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        self.init(
+            red: components.redComponent,
+            green: components.greenComponent,
+            blue: components.blueComponent,
+            alpha: components.alphaComponent
+        )
+    }
+
+    static var colorNames: [String] {
+        appleColorList?.allKeys.map { $0.lowercased() } ?? []
+    }
+
+    /// Calculates the perceptual distance to another color in RGB space.
+    func distance(to other: NSColor) -> Double {
+        guard let a = self.usingColorSpace(.sRGB),
+              let b = other.usingColorSpace(.sRGB) else { return .infinity }
+
+        let dr = a.redComponent - b.redComponent
+        let dg = a.greenComponent - b.greenComponent
+        let db = a.blueComponent - b.blueComponent
+
+        // Weighted Euclidean distance (human eye is more sensitive to green)
+        return sqrt(2 * dr * dr + 4 * dg * dg + 3 * db * db)
+    }
+}