diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/colorpicker.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/colorpicker.rs
index 96188631..9d37477a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/colorpicker.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/colorpicker.rs
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ fn alpha_slider(ui: &mut Ui, rect: Rect, color: Color) -> Option<(f32, bool)> {
     slider_knob(ui, rect, color.a, Id::new("cp_alpha"))
 }
 
+/// The colour picker window's area id. A fixed id (not `Window::new`'s, which egui keys by
+/// `Id::new(Some(title))`) so the style picker can tell a click inside the picker from one outside.
+pub fn window_id() -> Id {
+    Id::new("color_picker")
+}
+
 pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let Some(target) = app.ui.picker.clone() else {
         // A colour sampled for a picker that has closed has no paint to go to.
@@ -470,6 +476,9 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let mut open = true;
     let mut close_now = false;
     egui::Window::new("color_picker")
+        // A fixed area id so the style picker can tell a click in here from a click outside
+        // (`Window::new` alone would key the area by `Id::new(Some(title))`).
+        .id(window_id())
         .title_bar(false)
         .fixed_pos(pos)
         .fixed_size(vec2(240.0, 0.0))
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker.rs
index 29c9c5a9..22713000 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker.rs
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     // Clicks in the colour picker editing this picker's style, or in a menu the editor opened,
     // keep it open.
     let picker_rect =
-        app.ui.picker.as_ref().filter(|t| matches!(t, PickerTarget::Style { .. })).and(ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(Id::new("color_picker"))));
+        app.ui.picker.as_ref().filter(|t| matches!(t, PickerTarget::Style { .. })).and(ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(crate::colorpicker::window_id())));
     // So do clicks in the variable picker binding one of its fields (Escape closes that first).
     let variables = crate::variable_ui::picker_rect(ctx);
     let in_popup = egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx) || variables.is_some();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker_tests.rs
index becc42ce..ad2c2971 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/style_picker_tests.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,34 @@ fn chars_linked_to_several_styles_show_mixed() {
     assert_eq!(text_link(&app, &doc, &[t]), None);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_click_in_the_colour_picker_keeps_the_style_editor_open() {
+    use crate::layers_drag_tests::Ui;
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.execute("style.create", &json!({"type": "paint", "name": "Brand", "value": [{"type": "solid", "color": "#0D99FF"}]})).unwrap();
+    let mut u = Ui::new(s);
+    open_for_selection(&mut u.app, StyleSlot::Fill, Some("Brand"));
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    let id = u.app.session.doc().unwrap().style("Brand").unwrap().id.clone();
+    u.app.ui.picker = Some(crate::colorpicker::PickerTarget::Style { id, index: 0 });
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    let cp = u.ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(crate::colorpicker::window_id())).expect("colour picker shows");
+    let p = cp.center();
+    u.button(p, true);
+    u.button(p, false);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert!(u.app.ui.style_picker.is_some(), "the style editor stays open while the colour picker is used");
+    assert!(
+        matches!(u.app.ui.picker, Some(crate::colorpicker::PickerTarget::Style { .. })),
+        "the colour picker stays open too: {:?}",
+        u.app.ui.picker
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn local_style_drops_move_into_the_folder_above() {
     let st = |id: &str, name: &str| Style {