Although color can be a reminder, it is only a reminder.

And it is a personal setting, not universal, So if you have more than 1 sysadmin, it is much less effective.

We used to extend the concept even to the Windows environment.

Even a Domain Admin, or a Server Admin, would use a separate account for admin activities.

This has the benefit of easier auditing and tracability.

As you can see, convenience and speed has some danger.

Just think if you have a large production environment, and someone truncates a table.

Then suppose you cannot just restore the table selectively.

Could be a huge problem, even if the table is small.