diff --git a/Topcoder/class.topcoder.plugin.php b/Topcoder/class.topcoder.plugin.php
index 631cc91..a7a5055 100644
--- a/Topcoder/class.topcoder.plugin.php
+++ b/Topcoder/class.topcoder.plugin.php
@@ -2065,6 +2065,24 @@ public static function getTopcoderUser($user) {
         return $topcoderUser;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get Topcoder User Details (PhotoUrl, Rating, IsAdmin and others)
+     * @param $user
+     * @return array|false|mixed|void
+     */
+    public static function hasColorizedRole($user) {
+        $userModel = new UserModel();
+        if(is_numeric($user)) {
+            $user  = $userModel->getID($user, DATASET_TYPE_ARRAY);
+        }
+        $userID = val('UserID', $user);
+
+        $userRoleData = $userModel->getRoles($userID)->resultArray();
+        $roleNames = array_column($userRoleData, 'Name');
+        $customerRoleName = c('ColorizedRole', null);
+        return count(array_intersect($roleNames, [$customerRoleName])) > 0;
+    }
+
     private static function getTopcoderUserFromCache($userID) {
         if(!Gdn_Cache::activeEnabled()) {
             return false;
@@ -2801,6 +2819,10 @@ function userAnchor($user, $cssClass = null, $options = null) {
             $attributes['class'] = $attributes['class'].' '. 'disabledLink' ;
         }
 
+        $hasRole = TopcoderPlugin::hasColorizedRole($userID);
+        if($hasRole) {
+            $attributes['class'] = $attributes['class'].' '. 'purple' ;
+        }
 
         Gdn::controller()->EventArguments['User'] = $user;
         Gdn::controller()->EventArguments['IsTopcoderAdmin'] =$isTopcoderAdmin;
@@ -3042,6 +3064,16 @@ function topcoderMentionAnchor($mention, $cssClass = null, $options = null) {
         if($isTopcoderAdmin) {
             $attributes['class'] = $attributes['class'].' '. 'topcoderAdmin' ;
         }
+
+        $userModel = new UserModel();
+        $user = $userModel->getByUsername($handle, false);
+        if ($user) {
+            $userID = val('UserID', $user);
+            $hasRole = TopcoderPlugin::hasColorizedRole($userID);
+            if($hasRole) {
+                $attributes['class'] = $attributes['class'].' '. 'purple' ;
+            }
+        }
         return '<a href="'.htmlspecialchars(url($userUrl)).'"'.attribute($attributes).'>@'.$handle.'</a>';
     }
 }
diff --git a/Topcoder/design/topcoder.css b/Topcoder/design/topcoder.css
index 83cced0..a0ac25a 100644
--- a/Topcoder/design/topcoder.css
+++ b/Topcoder/design/topcoder.css
@@ -163,4 +163,17 @@ a:hover span.challengeRoles {
 
 .disabledLink {
     pointer-events:none
-}
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+}
+
+/* Customer Role */
+.purple, .purple:link,  .purple:visited, .purple:hover, .purple:active{
+    color: #652385
+}
+
+.DataList .MItem a.purple, .DataList .MItem a.purple:link, .DataList .MItem a.purple:hover, .DataList .MItem a.purple:visited,
+.MessageList .ItemDiscussion .Username.purple, .MessageList .ItemDiscussion .Username.purple:hover,
+.Content.MainContent .MessageList.DataList.Comments li.Item .Item-Header.CommentHeader .Username.purple,
+.Flyout.Flyout a.purple, .Flyout.Flyout a.purple:link,.Flyout.Flyout a.purple:visited, .Flyout.Flyout a.purple:hover, .Flyout.Flyout a.purple:active,
+.userContent p a.purple, .userContent p a.purple:link, .userContent p a.purple:visited, .userContent p a.purple:hover, .userContent p a.purple:active,
+.InformMessages .InformMessage .purple, .InformMessages .InformMessage .purple:link, .InformMessages .InformMessage .purple:hover, .InformMessages .InformMessage .purple:active, .InformMessages .InformMessage .purple:visited
+{ color: #652385 !important;  }
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