diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93358c1..cdcf090 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Avoid a per-tag database lookup when rendering the tag column in item lists
+
 ## [2.14.6] - 2026-08-04
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/hook.php b/hook.php
index 1640651..e4600c7 100644
--- a/hook.php
+++ b/hook.php
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ function plugin_tag_getAddSearchOptionsNew($itemtype)
         'searchtype'    => ['equals','notequals','contains'],
         'massiveaction' => false,
         'forcegroupby'  => true,
+        // Fetch the color alongside the name in the same grouped query,
+        // avoiding a getFromDB() call per tag per row in plugin_tag_giveItem().
+        'additionalfields' => ['color'],
         'joinparams'    =>  [
             'beforejoin' => [
                 'table'      => 'glpi_plugin_tag_tagitems',
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ function plugin_tag_getAddSearchOptionsNew($itemtype)
                 'massiveaction' => false,
                 'forcegroupby'  => true,
                 'usehaving'     => true,
+                'additionalfields' => ['color'],
                 'joinparams'    =>  [
                     'condition'  => "AND 1=1", // to force distinct complex id than the previous option
                     'beforejoin' => [
@@ -163,7 +167,15 @@ function plugin_tag_giveItem($type, $field, $data, $num, $linkfield = "")
             $separator = '';
             foreach ($data[$num] as $tag) {
                 if (isset($tag['id']) && isset($tag['name'])) {
-                    $out .= PluginTagTag::getSingleTag($tag['id'], $separator);
+                    $color = $tag['color'] ?: '#DDDDDD';
+                    $textcolor = idealTextColor($color);
+                    $out .= sprintf(
+                        "<span class='select2-search-choice tag_choice' style='padding-left:5px;background-color: %s; color: %s'>%s%s</span>",
+                        htmlentities((string) $color, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8"),
+                        $textcolor,
+                        $separator,
+                        htmlentities((string) $tag['name'], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8"),
+                    );
                     //For export (CSV, PDF) of GLPI core
                     $separator = '<span style="display:none">, </span>';
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Units/TagTest.php b/tests/Units/TagTest.php
index 25ea623..e055009 100644
--- a/tests/Units/TagTest.php
+++ b/tests/Units/TagTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,35 @@ public function testAddHavingEscapesValue(): void
         );
     }
 
+    public function testGiveItemRendersColorFromSearchDataWithoutDbLookup(): void
+    {
+        // Tag ids intentionally do not exist in DB: if plugin_tag_giveItem()
+        // ever falls back to a getFromDB() call per tag, this fails because
+        // the lookup returns nothing and the fallback color/empty name show up instead.
+        $data = [
+            0 => [
+                'count' => 2,
+                0 => [
+                    'id'    => 999998,
+                    'name'  => 'First tag',
+                    'color' => '#123456',
+                ],
+                1 => [
+                    'id'    => 999999,
+                    'name'  => 'Second tag',
+                    'color' => '#abcdef',
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $out = plugin_tag_giveItem('Ticket', PluginTagTag::S_OPTION, $data, 0);
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('#123456', $out);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('First tag', $out);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('#abcdef', $out);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('Second tag', $out);
+    }
+
     public function testUpdateAcceptsScalarTypeMenu(): void
     {
         $tag = $this->createItem(