diff --git a/components/SettingsUI/UISettings.tsx b/components/SettingsUI/UISettings.tsx
index b886d9f..25e8296 100644
--- a/components/SettingsUI/UISettings.tsx
+++ b/components/SettingsUI/UISettings.tsx
@@ -225,6 +225,17 @@ export const UISettings: React.FC<Props> = ({ settings, onChange }) => {
 				/>
 			</SettingItem>
 
+			<SettingItem
+				name="Color filename text using status color"
+				description="Apply the active status color to the filename text inside the file explorer."
+			>
+				<input
+					type="checkbox"
+					checked={settings.fileExplorerColorFileName || false}
+					onChange={handleChange("fileExplorerColorFileName")}
+				/>
+			</SettingItem>
+
 			<SettingItem
 				name="Status icon frame"
 				description="Choose whether to display a frame around the status icon inside the file explorer."
diff --git a/constants/defaultSettings.ts b/constants/defaultSettings.ts
index 4be5736..7f2b48f 100644
--- a/constants/defaultSettings.ts
+++ b/constants/defaultSettings.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_PLUGIN_SETTINGS: PluginSettings = {
 	customStatuses: [],
 	showStatusIconsInExplorer: true,
 	hideUnknownStatusInExplorer: true, // Default to hide unknown status
+	fileExplorerColorFileName: false,
 	enabledTemplates: DEFAULT_ENABLED_TEMPLATES,
 	useCustomStatusesOnly: false,
 	useMultipleStatuses: true,
diff --git a/integrations/file-explorer/file-explorer-integration.tsx b/integrations/file-explorer/file-explorer-integration.tsx
index 5a9b40b..cca44cc 100644
--- a/integrations/file-explorer/file-explorer-integration.tsx
+++ b/integrations/file-explorer/file-explorer-integration.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/core/lazyElementObserver";
 import { NoteStatusService } from "@/core/noteStatusService";
 import settingsService from "@/core/settingsService";
-import { GroupedStatuses } from "@/types/noteStatus";
+import { GroupedStatuses, NoteStatus } from "@/types/noteStatus";
 import { Plugin, TFile, View } from "obsidian";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import { StatusesInfoPopup } from "../popups/statusesInfoPopupIntegration";
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export class FileExplorerIntegration implements IElementProcessor {
 		"file-explorer-integration-subscription1";
 	private readonly FILE_EXPLORER_TYPE = "file-explorer";
 	private readonly CONTAINER_SELECTOR = ".nav-files-container";
+	private readonly FILE_NAME_COLORIZED_ATTR = "noteStatusColorized";
+	private readonly FILE_NAME_ORIGINAL_COLOR_ATTR = "noteStatusOriginalColor";
 
 	constructor(plugin: Plugin) {
 		this.plugin = plugin;
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ export class FileExplorerIntegration implements IElementProcessor {
 					key === "fileExplorerIconPosition" ||
 					key === "fileExplorerIconFrame" ||
 					key === "fileExplorerIconColorMode" ||
+					key === "fileExplorerColorFileName" ||
 					key === "unknownStatusIcon" ||
 					key === "unknownStatusLucideIcon" ||
 					key === "unknownStatusColor" ||
@@ -104,7 +107,13 @@ export class FileExplorerIntegration implements IElementProcessor {
 
 			// Only render icons for markdown files
 			if (noteStatusService) {
+				this.applyFileNameColor(
+					textEl as HTMLElement,
+					noteStatusService.statuses,
+				);
 				this.render(textEl, noteStatusService.statuses);
+			} else {
+				this.applyFileNameColor(textEl as HTMLElement, null);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -270,4 +279,76 @@ export class FileExplorerIntegration implements IElementProcessor {
 			this.CONTAINER_SELECTOR,
 		);
 	}
+
+	private applyFileNameColor(
+		element?: HTMLElement | null,
+		statuses?: GroupedStatuses | null,
+	): void {
+		if (!element) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!settingsService.settings.fileExplorerColorFileName) {
+			this.clearFileNameColor(element);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const primaryStatus = this.getPrimaryStatus(statuses);
+		if (!primaryStatus) {
+			this.clearFileNameColor(element);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const color = primaryStatus.color?.trim() || this.getFallbackColor();
+		if (!color) {
+			this.clearFileNameColor(element);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_ORIGINAL_COLOR_ATTR]) {
+			element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_ORIGINAL_COLOR_ATTR] =
+				element.style.color || "";
+		}
+
+		element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_COLORIZED_ATTR] = "true";
+		element.style.color = color;
+	}
+
+	private getPrimaryStatus(
+		statuses?: GroupedStatuses | null,
+	): NoteStatus | null {
+		if (!statuses) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		for (const list of Object.values(statuses)) {
+			if (list.length) {
+				return list[0];
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private getFallbackColor(): string {
+		return (
+			settingsService.settings.unknownStatusColor?.trim() ||
+			"var(--text-accent)"
+		);
+	}
+
+	private clearFileNameColor(element: HTMLElement): void {
+		if (!element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_COLORIZED_ATTR]) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const previousColor =
+			element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_ORIGINAL_COLOR_ATTR] || "";
+		if (previousColor) {
+			element.style.color = previousColor;
+		} else {
+			element.style.removeProperty("color");
+		}
+
+		delete element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_ORIGINAL_COLOR_ATTR];
+		delete element.dataset[this.FILE_NAME_COLORIZED_ATTR];
+	}
 }
diff --git a/types/pluginSettings.ts b/types/pluginSettings.ts
index 4a1e0d7..f986f71 100644
--- a/types/pluginSettings.ts
+++ b/types/pluginSettings.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export type PluginSettings = {
 	statusBarShowTemplateName: "always" | "never" | "auto"; // How to show template names in status bar
 	showStatusIconsInExplorer: boolean;
 	hideUnknownStatusInExplorer: boolean;
+	fileExplorerColorFileName: boolean; // Whether to color the file explorer filename text using the current status color
 	enabledTemplates: string[]; // IDs of enabled templates
 	useCustomStatusesOnly: boolean; // Whether to use only custom statuses or include templates
 	useMultipleStatuses: boolean; // Whether to allow multiple statuses per note