diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a39663922..7798729fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ _Breaking developer changes, which may affect downstream projects or sites that
 
 #### :tada: New Features
 #### :sparkles: Usability & Accessibility
+* Show the color of (route) relations in the form of small colored circles in relation membership section and feature search results ([#9424])
 #### :scissors: Operations
 #### :camera: Street-Level
 #### :white_check_mark: Validation
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ _Breaking developer changes, which may affect downstream projects or sites that
 #### :mortar_board: Walkthrough / Help
 #### :hammer: Development
 
+[#9424]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/9424
+
 
 # 2.27.3
 ##### 2023-Nov-08
diff --git a/css/80_app.css b/css/80_app.css
index 2052d8d39..b97964d64 100644
--- a/css/80_app.css
+++ b/css/80_app.css
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ a.hide-toggle {
 .ideditor[dir='rtl'] .field-label .label-text {
     padding: 5px 10px 4px 0;
 }
-.field-label .label-text span {
+.field-label .label-text {
     white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
@@ -2835,12 +2835,39 @@ img.tag-reference-wiki-image {
     font-weight: normal;
     padding-left: 10px;
 }
+.section-raw-member-editor .member-row .member-entity-name.has-colour::before,
+.section-raw-membership-editor .member-row .member-entity-name.has-colour::before,
+.feature-list .entity-name.has-colour::before,
+.combobox-parent-relation .has-colour::before {
+    display: inline-block;
+    content: '';
+    margin-left: -5px;
+    margin-right: 5px;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 4px;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    border-color: inherit;
+}
+.combobox-parent-relation .has-colour::before  {
+    margin-left: 2px;
+}
 
 .ideditor[dir='rtl'] .section-raw-member-editor .member-row .member-entity-name,
 .ideditor[dir='rtl'] .section-raw-membership-editor .member-row .member-entity-name {
     padding-left:0;
     padding-right: 10px;
 }
+.ideditor[dir='rtl'] .section-raw-member-editor .member-row .member-entity-name.has-colour::before,
+.ideditor[dir='rtl'] .section-raw-membership-editor .member-row .member-entity-name.has-colour::before,
+.ideditor[dir='rtl'] .feature-list .entity-name.has-colour::before {
+    margin-left: 5px;
+    margin-right: -5px;
+}
+.ideditor[dir='rtl'] .combobox-parent-relation .has-colour::before  {
+    margin-left: 5px;
+    margin-right: 2px;
+}
+
 
 .form-field-input-member > input.member-role {
     border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
diff --git a/modules/osm/tags.js b/modules/osm/tags.js
index 4962e969d..f3eb6cc1d 100644
--- a/modules/osm/tags.js
+++ b/modules/osm/tags.js
@@ -245,3 +245,16 @@ export var osmFlowingWaterwayTagValues = {
 
 // Tags which values should be considered case sensitive when offering tag suggestions
 export const allowUpperCaseTagValues = /network|taxon|genus|species|brand|grape_variety|royal_cypher|listed_status|booth|rating|stars|:output|_hours|_times|_ref|manufacturer|country|target|brewery|cai_scale|traffic_sign/;
+
+// Returns whether a `colour` tag value looks like a valid color we can display
+export function isColourValid(value) {
+    if (!value.match(/^(#([0-9a-fA-F]{3}){1,2}|\w+)$/)) {
+        // OSM only supports hex or named colors
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!CSS.supports('color', value) || ['unset', 'inherit', 'initial', 'revert'].includes(value)) {
+        // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/68217760/1627467
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/modules/ui/feature_list.js b/modules/ui/feature_list.js
index 38229680a..fe004bf68 100644
--- a/modules/ui/feature_list.js
+++ b/modules/ui/feature_list.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { geoSphericalDistance } from '../geo/geo';
 import { geoExtent } from '../geo';
 import { modeSelect } from '../modes/select';
 import { osmEntity } from '../osm/entity';
+import { isColourValid } from '../osm/tags';
 import { services } from '../services';
 import { svgIcon } from '../svg/icon';
 import { uiCmd } from './cmd';
@@ -310,6 +311,8 @@ export function uiFeatureList(context) {
             label
                 .append('span')
                 .attr('class', 'entity-name')
+                .classed('has-colour', d => d.entity && d.entity.type === 'relation' && d.entity.tags.colour && isColourValid(d.entity.tags.colour))
+                .style('border-color', d => d.entity && d.entity.type === 'relation' && d.entity.tags.colour)
                 .text(function(d) { return d.name; });
 
             enter
diff --git a/modules/ui/fields/input.js b/modules/ui/fields/input.js
index 92a62d302..14f05cd26 100644
--- a/modules/ui/fields/input.js
+++ b/modules/ui/fields/input.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { t, localizer } from '../../core/localizer';
 import { utilDetect, utilGetSetValue, utilNoAuto, utilRebind, utilTotalExtent } from '../../util';
 import { svgIcon } from '../../svg/icon';
 import { cardinal } from '../../osm/node';
+import { isColourValid } from '../../osm/tags';
 import { uiLengthIndicator } from '..';
 import { uiTooltip } from '../tooltip';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
@@ -228,16 +229,6 @@ export function uiFieldText(field, context) {
 
 
     function updateColourPreview() {
-        function isColourValid(colour) {
-            if (!colour.match(/^(#([0-9a-fA-F]{3}){1,2}|\w+)$/)) {
-                // OSM only supports hex or named colors
-                return false;
-            } else if (!CSS.supports('color', colour) || ['unset', 'inherit', 'initial', 'revert'].includes(colour)) {
-                // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/68217760/1627467
-                return false;
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
         wrap.selectAll('.colour-preview')
             .remove();
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/sections/raw_member_editor.js b/modules/ui/sections/raw_member_editor.js
index ab5942785..e15712f6d 100644
--- a/modules/ui/sections/raw_member_editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/sections/raw_member_editor.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { actionMoveMember } from '../../actions/move_member';
 import { modeBrowse } from '../../modes/browse';
 import { modeSelect } from '../../modes/select';
 import { osmEntity } from '../../osm';
+import { isColourValid } from '../../osm/tags';
 import { svgIcon } from '../../svg/icon';
 import { services } from '../../services';
 import { uiCombobox } from '../combobox';
@@ -198,6 +199,8 @@ export function uiSectionRawMemberEditor(context) {
                     labelLink
                         .append('span')
                         .attr('class', 'member-entity-name')
+                        .classed('has-colour', d => d.member.type === 'relation' && d.member.tags.colour && isColourValid(d.member.tags.colour))
+                        .style('border-color', d => d.member.type === 'relation' && d.member.tags.colour)
                         .text(function(d) { return utilDisplayName(d.member); });
 
                     label
diff --git a/modules/ui/sections/raw_membership_editor.js b/modules/ui/sections/raw_membership_editor.js
index 093df5d4b..3ef210d7e 100644
--- a/modules/ui/sections/raw_membership_editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/sections/raw_membership_editor.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { actionDeleteMembers } from '../../actions/delete_members';
 
 import { modeSelect } from '../../modes/select';
 import { osmEntity, osmRelation } from '../../osm';
+import { isColourValid } from '../../osm/tags';
 import { services } from '../../services';
 import { svgIcon } from '../../svg/icon';
 import { uiCombobox } from '../combobox';
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ export function uiSectionRawMembershipEditor(context) {
 
         var graph = context.graph();
 
-        function baseDisplayLabel(entity) {
+        function baseDisplayValue(entity) {
             var matched = presetManager.match(entity, graph);
             var presetName = (matched && matched.name()) || t('inspector.relation');
             var entityName = utilDisplayName(entity) || '';
@@ -247,23 +248,45 @@ export function uiSectionRawMembershipEditor(context) {
             return presetName + ' ' + entityName;
         }
 
+        function baseDisplayLabel(entity) {
+            var matched = presetManager.match(entity, graph);
+            var presetName = (matched && matched.name()) || t('inspector.relation');
+            var entityName = utilDisplayName(entity) || '';
+
+            return selection => {
+                selection
+                    .append('b')
+                    .text(presetName + ' ');
+                selection
+                    .append('span')
+                    .classed('has-colour', entity.tags.colour && isColourValid(entity.tags.colour))
+                    .style('border-color', entity.tags.colour)
+                    .text(entityName);
+            };
+        }
+
         var explicitRelation = q && context.hasEntity(q.toLowerCase());
         if (explicitRelation && explicitRelation.type === 'relation' && explicitRelation.id !== entityID) {
             // loaded relation is specified explicitly, only show that
 
             result.push({
                 relation: explicitRelation,
-                value: baseDisplayLabel(explicitRelation) + ' ' + explicitRelation.id
+                value: baseDisplayValue(explicitRelation) + ' ' + explicitRelation.id,
+                display: baseDisplayLabel(explicitRelation)
             });
         } else {
 
             context.history().intersects(context.map().extent()).forEach(function(entity) {
                 if (entity.type !== 'relation' || entity.id === entityID) return;
 
-                var value = baseDisplayLabel(entity);
+                var value = baseDisplayValue(entity);
                 if (q && (value + ' ' + entity.id).toLowerCase().indexOf(q.toLowerCase()) === -1) return;
 
-                result.push({ relation: entity, value: value });
+                result.push({
+                    relation: entity,
+                    value,
+                    display: baseDisplayLabel(entity)
+                });
             });
 
             result.sort(function(a, b) {
@@ -349,6 +372,8 @@ export function uiSectionRawMembershipEditor(context) {
         labelLink
             .append('span')
             .attr('class', 'member-entity-name')
+            .classed('has-colour', d => d.relation.tags.colour && isColourValid(d.relation.tags.colour))
+            .style('border-color', d => d.relation.tags.colour)
             .text(function(d) { return utilDisplayName(d.relation); });
 
         labelEnter