Conditional formatting is a way to make
messages that meet defined conditions stand out in the message list by
using color, fonts, and styles. You specify conditions that an incoming
message should meet, such as a sender’s name or email address, and then
conditional formatting is applied only to those messages.
For example, a conditional rule can specify that all messages sent from your manager appear in red text in the message list.Here is the relative article:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/automatically-change-incoming-message-colors-and-fonts-based-on-sender-subject-or-recipients-HA102054868.aspx