diff --git a/meshterm/ui/node_detail_screen.py b/meshterm/ui/node_detail_screen.py
index 0bd2c74..2a4d711 100644
--- a/meshterm/ui/node_detail_screen.py
+++ b/meshterm/ui/node_detail_screen.py
@@ -1538,10 +1538,30 @@ async def _archive_contact(ctx: AppContext, contact: Contact, self_key: str, lab
     assert isinstance(ctx.ui, TuiUi)  # guaranteed by open_node_detail
     session = ctx.ui.session
 
+    # The contact is named as the Contacts list names it: the type mark in its own colour,
+    # then the name in its key-derived hue (a bare id standing in for a nameless one is
+    # ``node.unknown``). The prose carries the amber span by span rather than as the
+    # prompt's base style, whose bold Rich would merge into the mark.
+    glyph, glyph_style = NODE_GLYPHS.get(contact.node_type, DEFAULT_GLYPH)
+    prompt = Text()
+    prompt.append("Archive ", style="warn")
+    prompt.append(f"{glyph} ", style=glyph_style)
+    prompt.append(
+        label,
+        style=(
+            name_style(label, contact.public_key or contact.key_prefix)
+            if contact.name
+            else "node.unknown"
+        ),
+    )
+    prompt.append(
+        "? It comes off this device's contact list, freeing a slot for a new one. MeshTerm "
+        "keeps it — with its key, reception history and messages — and you can restore it "
+        "at any time.",
+        style="warn",
+    )
     if not await ctx.ui.dialog(
-        f"Archive {label}? It comes off this device's contact list, freeing a slot for a "
-        "new one. MeshTerm keeps it — with its key, reception history and messages — and "
-        "you can restore it at any time.",
+        prompt,
         [("Cancel", False), ("Archive", True)],
         title="Archive contact",
         default=1,
diff --git a/meshterm/ui/surface.py b/meshterm/ui/surface.py
index 670dfe2..743f733 100644
--- a/meshterm/ui/surface.py
+++ b/meshterm/ui/surface.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class Ui:
 
     async def dialog(
         self,
-        prompt: str,
+        prompt: str | Text,
         buttons: list[tuple[str, Any]],
         *,
         title: str = "",
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ class Ui:
         sibling. Buttons follow the platform-dialog convention: the safe way out sits on
         the left and the committing action on the right, which is also the sensible
         ``default`` so Enter commits it while Esc always backs out.
+
+        A pre-styled :class:`~rich.text.Text` prompt is drawn as it is, so it can name a
+        node in its own colours; the tier then themes only the border, and the prompt's
+        prose carries the tier's colour itself.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -634,7 +638,7 @@ class PlainUi(Ui):
 
     async def dialog(
         self,
-        prompt: str,
+        prompt: str | Text,
         buttons: list[tuple[str, Any]],
         *,
         title: str = "",
@@ -905,7 +909,7 @@ class TuiUi(Ui):
 
     async def dialog(
         self,
-        prompt: str,
+        prompt: str | Text,
         buttons: list[tuple[str, Any]],
         *,
         title: str = "",
diff --git a/tests/test_device_config.py b/tests/test_device_config.py
index 2b2de6c..1c04b67 100644
--- a/tests/test_device_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_device_config.py
@@ -1035,12 +1035,15 @@ async def test_archiving_one_contact_takes_it_off_the_device_and_keeps_it() -> N
     import logging
     from types import SimpleNamespace
 
-    from meshterm.core.models import Contact
+    from meshterm.core.models import NODE_TYPE_REPEATER, Contact
     from meshterm.ui.node_detail_screen import _archive_contact
     from meshterm.ui.surface import TuiUi
+    from meshterm.ui.theme import name_style
     from meshterm.ui.tui.session import TuiSession
 
-    hub = Contact(name="Hub", public_key="3d" * 32, key_prefix="3d" * 6)
+    hub = Contact(
+        name="Hub", public_key="3d" * 32, key_prefix="3d" * 6, node_type=NODE_TYPE_REPEATER
+    )
     removed: list[str] = []
     archived: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
     invalidated: list[bool] = []
@@ -1073,7 +1076,19 @@ async def test_archiving_one_contact_takes_it_off_the_device_and_keeps_it() -> N
     assert asked[0]["danger"] is True and "destructive" not in asked[0]
     assert [label for label, _v in asked[0]["buttons"]] == ["Cancel", "Archive"]
     assert asked[0]["default"] == 1
-    assert "restore it at any time" in asked[0]["prompt"]
+    prompt = asked[0]["prompt"]
+    assert "restore it at any time" in prompt
+    # The contact is named as the Contacts list names it — its type mark to the left of the
+    # name, each in its own colour — while the sentence around them keeps the amber.
+    assert prompt.plain.startswith("Archive ▲ Hub? ")
+
+    def styles_at(index: int) -> list[str]:
+        return [str(span.style) for span in prompt.spans if span.start <= index < span.end]
+
+    assert styles_at(prompt.plain.index("▲")) == ["type.repeater"]
+    assert styles_at(prompt.plain.index("Hub")) == [name_style("Hub", "3d" * 32)]
+    assert styles_at(0) == styles_at(prompt.plain.index("restore")) == ["warn"]
+    assert not prompt.style, "a base style would merge the amber's bold into the mark"
     # Off the radio, kept here, and the cached contact list dropped so the list re-reads.
     assert removed == ["Hub"]
     assert archived == [("cc" * 32, "3d" * 32)]