diff --git a/bin/rclaude b/bin/rclaude
index 04cf43a..cdaa81c 100755
--- a/bin/rclaude
+++ b/bin/rclaude
@@ -417,10 +417,26 @@ cmd_resume() {
     _d_total=0; _d_room=0
     if [ "$_triage_mode" = "1" ]; then
         printf 'rclaude: triaging sessions...\n' >&2
-        _matches=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do
-            list_tmux_on "$h"
-            list_triage_on "$h"
-        done)
+        # Collect tmux rows from all hosts first so they always appear in the
+        # picker even when triage produces > (35 - tmux_count) rows on a single
+        # host that would otherwise crowd them out.
+        _tmux=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_tmux_on "$h"; done)
+        _triage=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_triage_on "$h"; done)
+        _t_count=0
+        [ -n "$_tmux" ] && _t_count=$(printf '%s\n' "$_tmux" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+        [ -n "$_triage" ] && _d_total=$(printf '%s\n' "$_triage" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+        _d_room=$((35 - _t_count))
+        [ "$_d_room" -lt 0 ] && _d_room=0
+        if [ "$_d_room" -gt 0 ] && [ -n "$_triage" ]; then
+            _triage_slice=$(printf '%s\n' "$_triage" | head -n "$_d_room")
+        else
+            _triage_slice=""
+        fi
+        if [ -n "$_tmux" ] && [ -n "$_triage_slice" ]; then
+            _matches=$(printf '%s\n%s' "$_tmux" "$_triage_slice")
+        else
+            _matches=${_tmux:-$_triage_slice}
+        fi
     elif [ -z "$_pattern" ]; then
         _tmux=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_tmux_on "$h"; done)
         _disk_raw=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_sessions_on "$h"; done)
@@ -465,19 +481,52 @@ cmd_resume() {
             _count=35
             printf 'rclaude: %s matches; showing 35 most recent (refine with a pattern to see others)\n' "$_orig_count" >&2
         fi
-        # Per-row display: triage rows surface priority + status + summary;
-        # session rows show the user-message snippet; tmux/disk show $3.
+        # ANSI colors (only when stderr is a tty). Conservative palette —
+        # host cyan, tmux marker bold-green, priority red/yellow, statuses
+        # colored, uuid8 dimmed, key bracket bold-magenta.
+        if [ -t 2 ]; then
+            _R=$(printf '\033[0m')
+            _Chost=$(printf '\033[36m'); _Ctmux=$(printf '\033[1;32m')
+            _Cdim=$(printf '\033[2m');   _Ckey=$(printf '\033[1;35m')
+            _Cp5=$(printf '\033[1;31m'); _Cp4=$(printf '\033[33m')
+            _Cblk=$(printf '\033[31m');  _Cwait=$(printf '\033[33m')
+            _Cinp=$(printf '\033[36m');  _Cdone=$(printf '\033[32m')
+        else
+            _R=; _Chost=; _Ctmux=; _Cdim=; _Ckey=
+            _Cp5=; _Cp4=; _Cblk=; _Cwait=; _Cinp=; _Cdone=
+        fi
+        # Kind column dropped — it carried no signal when all rows were the
+        # same kind. Kind is now encoded by row shape: tmux has a ▶ marker,
+        # triage shows P<n> + status, session shows the snippet plain.
         _fmt_row='
+            function prio_c(p) { if (p=="5") return c_p5; if (p=="4") return c_p4; return "" }
+            function stat_c(s) {
+                if (s=="blocked")          return c_blk
+                if (s=="waiting_on_user")  return c_wait
+                if (s=="in_progress")      return c_inp
+                if (s=="done")             return c_done
+                return ""
+            }
             function display() {
-                if ($2 == "triage")  return sprintf("P%s %-13s %s  [%s]", $4, $5, $6, substr($3, 1, 8))
-                if ($2 == "session") return $4 "  [" substr($3, 1, 8) "]"
+                if ($2 == "tmux")
+                    return c_tmux "▶ " r $3
+                if ($2 == "triage")
+                    return prio_c($4) "P" $4 r " " stat_c($5) sprintf("%-15s", $5) r " " $6 "  " c_dim "[" substr($3,1,8) "]" r
+                if ($2 == "session")
+                    return $4 "  " c_dim "[" substr($3,1,8) "]" r
                 return $3
             }
-            { printf "%-10s  %-7s  %s", $1, $2, display() }
+            {
+                printf "%s%-10s%s  %s", c_host, $1, r, display()
+            }
         '
         if [ ! -t 0 ] || [ ! -t 2 ]; then
             echo "multiple matches and no tty for picker; refine pattern:" >&2
-            printf '%s\n' "$_matches" | awk -F'\t' "$_fmt_row"'{printf "\n"}' >&2
+            printf '%s\n' "$_matches" | awk -F'\t' \
+                -v r="$_R" -v c_host="$_Chost" -v c_tmux="$_Ctmux" -v c_dim="$_Cdim" \
+                -v c_p5="$_Cp5" -v c_p4="$_Cp4" \
+                -v c_blk="$_Cblk" -v c_wait="$_Cwait" -v c_inp="$_Cinp" -v c_done="$_Cdone" \
+                "$_fmt_row"'{printf "\n"}' >&2
             exit 1
         fi
         _i=0
@@ -486,19 +535,23 @@ cmd_resume() {
             _i=$((_i + 1))
             _kind_now=$(printf %s "$_line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $2}')
             if [ "$_prev_kind" = "tmux" ] && [ "$_kind_now" != "tmux" ]; then
-                printf '  ---\n' >&2
+                printf '  %s---%s\n' "$_Cdim" "$_R" >&2
             fi
             _k=$(printf %s "$_keys" | cut -c"$_i")
-            printf '  [%s]  %s\n' "$_k" \
-                "$(printf %s "$_line" | awk -F'\t' "$_fmt_row")" >&2
+            _row_text=$(printf %s "$_line" | awk -F'\t' \
+                -v r="$_R" -v c_host="$_Chost" -v c_tmux="$_Ctmux" -v c_dim="$_Cdim" \
+                -v c_p5="$_Cp5" -v c_p4="$_Cp4" \
+                -v c_blk="$_Cblk" -v c_wait="$_Cwait" -v c_inp="$_Cinp" -v c_done="$_Cdone" \
+                "$_fmt_row")
+            printf '  %s[%s]%s  %s\n' "$_Ckey" "$_k" "$_R" "$_row_text" >&2
             _prev_kind=$_kind_now
         done
         if [ "$_d_total" -gt "$_d_room" ] && [ "$_d_room" -gt 0 ]; then
-            printf '  (showing %s most recent of %s disk sessions; pass a pattern to search older)\n' \
-                "$_d_room" "$_d_total" >&2
+            printf '  %s(showing %s most recent of %s disk sessions; pass a pattern to search older)%s\n' \
+                "$_Cdim" "$_d_room" "$_d_total" "$_R" >&2
         fi
         _last_key=$(printf %s "$_keys" | cut -c"$_count")
-        printf 'select [1-%s]: ' "$_last_key" >&2
+        printf '%sselect [1-%s]:%s ' "$_Ckey" "$_last_key" "$_R" >&2
         _old=$(stty -g 2>/dev/null || true)
         stty -icanon -echo min 1 time 0 2>/dev/null || true
         _key=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null </dev/tty || true)