diff --git a/e2e/src/api/specs/person.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/src/api/specs/person.e2e-spec.ts
index f3e053069..1a589da1f 100644
--- a/e2e/src/api/specs/person.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/api/specs/person.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ describe('/people', () => {
         .send({
           name: 'New Person',
           birthDate: '1990-01-01',
+          color: '#333',
         });
       expect(status).toBe(201);
       expect(body).toMatchObject({
@@ -273,6 +274,24 @@ describe('/people', () => {
       expect(body).toMatchObject({ birthDate: null });
     });
 
+    it('should set a color', async () => {
+      const { status, body } = await request(app)
+        .put(`/people/${visiblePerson.id}`)
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${admin.accessToken}`)
+        .send({ color: '#555' });
+      expect(status).toBe(200);
+      expect(body).toMatchObject({ color: '#555' });
+    });
+
+    it('should clear a color', async () => {
+      const { status, body } = await request(app)
+        .put(`/people/${visiblePerson.id}`)
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${admin.accessToken}`)
+        .send({ color: null });
+      expect(status).toBe(200);
+      expect(body.color).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it('should mark a person as favorite', async () => {
       const person = await utils.createPerson(admin.accessToken, {
         name: 'visible_person',
diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/people_update_item.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/people_update_item.dart
index 6f8e31295..ce324b859 100644
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diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_create_dto.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_create_dto.dart
index bc1d67c24..87b426eae 100644
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diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_response_dto.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_response_dto.dart
index 188445992..c9ebb14c7 100644
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diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_update_dto.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_update_dto.dart
index cf0688a27..6736b4e17 100644
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diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_with_faces_response_dto.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/person_with_faces_response_dto.dart
index 7d61db11f..0bd38b087 100644
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diff --git a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
index f1ef466df..94ef49f12 100644
--- a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
+++ b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
@@ -10286,6 +10286,10 @@
             "nullable": true,
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "color": {
+            "nullable": true,
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "featureFaceAssetId": {
             "description": "Asset is used to get the feature face thumbnail.",
             "type": "string"
@@ -10402,6 +10406,10 @@
             "nullable": true,
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "color": {
+            "nullable": true,
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "isFavorite": {
             "type": "boolean"
           },
@@ -10423,6 +10431,10 @@
             "nullable": true,
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "color": {
+            "description": "This property was added in v1.126.0",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "id": {
             "type": "string"
           },
@@ -10473,6 +10485,10 @@
             "nullable": true,
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "color": {
+            "nullable": true,
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "featureFaceAssetId": {
             "description": "Asset is used to get the feature face thumbnail.",
             "type": "string"
@@ -10498,6 +10514,10 @@
             "nullable": true,
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "color": {
+            "description": "This property was added in v1.126.0",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "faces": {
             "items": {
               "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto"
@@ -12611,7 +12631,6 @@
         "properties": {
           "color": {
             "nullable": true,
-            "pattern": "^#?([0-9A-F]{3}|[0-9A-F]{4}|[0-9A-F]{6}|[0-9A-F]{8})$",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
diff --git a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
index 6704a83cc..46ce20788 100644
--- a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
+++ b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ export type AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto = {
 };
 export type PersonWithFacesResponseDto = {
     birthDate: string | null;
+    /** This property was added in v1.126.0 */
+    color?: string;
     faces: AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto[];
     id: string;
     /** This property was added in v1.126.0 */
@@ -493,6 +495,8 @@ export type DuplicateResponseDto = {
 };
 export type PersonResponseDto = {
     birthDate: string | null;
+    /** This property was added in v1.126.0 */
+    color?: string;
     id: string;
     /** This property was added in v1.126.0 */
     isFavorite?: boolean;
@@ -693,6 +697,7 @@ export type PersonCreateDto = {
     /** Person date of birth.
     Note: the mobile app cannot currently set the birth date to null. */
     birthDate?: string | null;
+    color?: string | null;
     isFavorite?: boolean;
     /** Person visibility */
     isHidden?: boolean;
@@ -703,6 +708,7 @@ export type PeopleUpdateItem = {
     /** Person date of birth.
     Note: the mobile app cannot currently set the birth date to null. */
     birthDate?: string | null;
+    color?: string | null;
     /** Asset is used to get the feature face thumbnail. */
     featureFaceAssetId?: string;
     /** Person id. */
@@ -720,6 +726,7 @@ export type PersonUpdateDto = {
     /** Person date of birth.
     Note: the mobile app cannot currently set the birth date to null. */
     birthDate?: string | null;
+    color?: string | null;
     /** Asset is used to get the feature face thumbnail. */
     featureFaceAssetId?: string;
     isFavorite?: boolean;
diff --git a/server/src/db.d.ts b/server/src/db.d.ts
index 16f73c53e..2bffe2ba5 100644
--- a/server/src/db.d.ts
+++ b/server/src/db.d.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ export interface Partners {
 
 export interface Person {
   birthDate: Timestamp | null;
+  color: string | null;
   createdAt: Generated<Timestamp>;
   faceAssetId: string | null;
   id: Generated<string>;
diff --git a/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts b/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
index 8bf041be3..ca705154a 100644
--- a/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
 import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
 import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
 import { SourceType } from 'src/enum';
-import { IsDateStringFormat, MaxDateString, Optional, ValidateBoolean, ValidateUUID } from 'src/validation';
+import {
+  IsDateStringFormat,
+  MaxDateString,
+  Optional,
+  ValidateBoolean,
+  ValidateHexColor,
+  ValidateUUID,
+} from 'src/validation';
 
 export class PersonCreateDto {
   /**
@@ -35,6 +42,10 @@ export class PersonCreateDto {
 
   @ValidateBoolean({ optional: true })
   isFavorite?: boolean;
+
+  @Optional({ emptyToNull: true, nullable: true })
+  @ValidateHexColor()
+  color?: string | null;
 }
 
 export class PersonUpdateDto extends PersonCreateDto {
@@ -102,6 +113,8 @@ export class PersonResponseDto {
   updatedAt?: Date;
   @PropertyLifecycle({ addedAt: 'v1.126.0' })
   isFavorite?: boolean;
+  @PropertyLifecycle({ addedAt: 'v1.126.0' })
+  color?: string;
 }
 
 export class PersonWithFacesResponseDto extends PersonResponseDto {
@@ -176,6 +189,7 @@ export function mapPerson(person: PersonEntity): PersonResponseDto {
     thumbnailPath: person.thumbnailPath,
     isHidden: person.isHidden,
     isFavorite: person.isFavorite,
+    color: person.color ?? undefined,
     updatedAt: person.updatedAt,
   };
 }
diff --git a/server/src/dtos/tag.dto.ts b/server/src/dtos/tag.dto.ts
index cff11962d..17200a887 100644
--- a/server/src/dtos/tag.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/tag.dto.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
-import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';
 import { IsHexColor, IsNotEmpty, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 import { TagEntity } from 'src/entities/tag.entity';
-import { Optional, ValidateUUID } from 'src/validation';
+import { Optional, ValidateHexColor, ValidateUUID } from 'src/validation';
 
 export class TagCreateDto {
   @IsString()
@@ -18,9 +17,8 @@ export class TagCreateDto {
 }
 
 export class TagUpdateDto {
-  @Optional({ nullable: true, emptyToNull: true })
-  @IsHexColor()
-  @Transform(({ value }) => (typeof value === 'string' && value[0] !== '#' ? `#${value}` : value))
+  @Optional({ emptyToNull: true, nullable: true })
+  @ValidateHexColor()
   color?: string | null;
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/entities/person.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/person.entity.ts
index 8cf416b76..3785e1985 100644
--- a/server/src/entities/person.entity.ts
+++ b/server/src/entities/person.entity.ts
@@ -52,4 +52,7 @@ export class PersonEntity {
 
   @Column({ default: false })
   isFavorite!: boolean;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', nullable: true, default: null })
+  color?: string | null;
 }
diff --git a/server/src/migrations/1738889177573-AddPersonColor.ts b/server/src/migrations/1738889177573-AddPersonColor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebdc86f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1738889177573-AddPersonColor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class AddPersonColor1738889177573 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = 'AddPersonColor1738889177573'
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "person" ADD "color" character varying`);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "person" DROP COLUMN "color"`);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
index 5407821fa..1cd1b34ec 100644
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
         sut.reassignFaces(authStub.admin, personStub.noName.id, {
           data: [{ personId: personStub.withName.id, assetId: assetStub.image.id }],
         }),
-      ).resolves.toEqual([personStub.noName]);
+      ).resolves.toBeDefined();
 
       expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
         {
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
     it('should create a new person', async () => {
       personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(personStub.primaryPerson);
 
-      await expect(sut.create(authStub.admin, {})).resolves.toBe(personStub.primaryPerson);
+      await expect(sut.create(authStub.admin, {})).resolves.toBeDefined();
 
       expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ownerId: authStub.admin.user.id });
     });
diff --git a/server/src/services/person.service.ts b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
index 2f4a6bb0d..116d2ec6c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class PersonService extends BaseService {
         await this.personRepository.reassignFace(face.id, personId);
       }
 
-      result.push(person);
+      result.push(mapPerson(person));
     }
     if (changeFeaturePhoto.length > 0) {
       // Remove duplicates
@@ -178,20 +178,23 @@ export class PersonService extends BaseService {
     });
   }
 
-  create(auth: AuthDto, dto: PersonCreateDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto> {
-    return this.personRepository.create({
+  async create(auth: AuthDto, dto: PersonCreateDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto> {
+    const person = await this.personRepository.create({
       ownerId: auth.user.id,
       name: dto.name,
       birthDate: dto.birthDate,
       isHidden: dto.isHidden,
       isFavorite: dto.isFavorite,
+      color: dto.color,
     });
+
+    return mapPerson(person);
   }
 
   async update(auth: AuthDto, id: string, dto: PersonUpdateDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto> {
     await this.requireAccess({ auth, permission: Permission.PERSON_UPDATE, ids: [id] });
 
-    const { name, birthDate, isHidden, featureFaceAssetId: assetId, isFavorite } = dto;
+    const { name, birthDate, isHidden, featureFaceAssetId: assetId, isFavorite, color } = dto;
     // TODO: set by faceId directly
     let faceId: string | undefined = undefined;
     if (assetId) {
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ export class PersonService extends BaseService {
       birthDate,
       isHidden,
       isFavorite,
+      color,
     });
 
     if (assetId) {
diff --git a/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
index 5c59e24b2..9f16ddf82 100644
--- a/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ describe(SearchService.name, () => {
     it('should pass options to search', async () => {
       const { name } = personStub.withName;
 
+      personMock.getByName.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
       await sut.searchPerson(authStub.user1, { name, withHidden: false });
 
       expect(personMock.getByName).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.user1.user.id, name, { withHidden: false });
diff --git a/server/src/services/search.service.ts b/server/src/services/search.service.ts
index b833d0184..b74d3d3cb 100644
--- a/server/src/services/search.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/search.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { BadRequestException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AssetMapOptions, AssetResponseDto, mapAsset } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
-import { PersonResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/person.dto';
+import { mapPerson, PersonResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/person.dto';
 import {
+  mapPlaces,
   MetadataSearchDto,
   PlacesResponseDto,
   RandomSearchDto,
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   SearchSuggestionRequestDto,
   SearchSuggestionType,
   SmartSearchDto,
-  mapPlaces,
 } from 'src/dtos/search.dto';
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { AssetOrder } from 'src/enum';
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import { isSmartSearchEnabled } from 'src/utils/misc';
 @Injectable()
 export class SearchService extends BaseService {
   async searchPerson(auth: AuthDto, dto: SearchPeopleDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto[]> {
-    return this.personRepository.getByName(auth.user.id, dto.name, { withHidden: dto.withHidden });
+    const people = await this.personRepository.getByName(auth.user.id, dto.name, { withHidden: dto.withHidden });
+    return people.map((person) => mapPerson(person));
   }
 
   async searchPlaces(dto: SearchPlacesDto): Promise<PlacesResponseDto[]> {
diff --git a/server/src/validation.ts b/server/src/validation.ts
index 177e43991..29e402826 100644
--- a/server/src/validation.ts
+++ b/server/src/validation.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   IsArray,
   IsBoolean,
   IsDate,
+  IsHexColor,
   IsNotEmpty,
   IsOptional,
   IsString,
@@ -97,6 +98,15 @@ export function Optional({ nullable, emptyToNull, ...validationOptions }: Option
   return applyDecorators(...decorators);
 }
 
+export const ValidateHexColor = () => {
+  const decorators = [
+    IsHexColor(),
+    Transform(({ value }) => (typeof value === 'string' && value[0] !== '#' ? `#${value}` : value)),
+  ];
+
+  return applyDecorators(...decorators);
+};
+
 type UUIDOptions = { optional?: boolean; each?: boolean; nullable?: boolean };
 export const ValidateUUID = (options?: UUIDOptions) => {
   const { optional, each, nullable } = { optional: false, each: false, nullable: false, ...options };