In the Inbox, select an email from someone important, such as your partner, boss or co-worker. On the ‘Tools’ menu, click ‘Organize’ to display the Organize pane.

In the left portion of the ‘Organize’ pane, click ‘Using Colors’.

In the first bulleted item, you should see the word ‘from’ and the name of the person who sent you the email.

Then you should see the word ‘in’ and a drop-down list box. Click the arrow to select a colour. Click ‘Apply Color’.

All of the emails in your Inbox from this person should now be colour coded with the colour you selected.