diff --git a/crates/catalog/src/query.rs b/crates/catalog/src/query.rs
index 8308573863..ff94268a8b 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/src/query.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/src/query.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ fn has_person(p: &Photo, name: &str) -> bool {
 }
 
 impl Filter {
+    /// The labels that `label` and `labels` let through together (they AND), in `labels`' order;
+    /// `None` when neither is set, empty when they exclude each other. The chip and the filter
+    /// bar's buttons show this, so they match what is filtered.
+    pub fn labels_shown(&self) -> Option<Vec<ColorLabel>> {
+        match (self.label, self.labels.is_empty()) {
+            (None, true) => None,
+            (Some(l), true) => Some(vec![l]),
+            (l, false) => Some(self.labels.iter().copied().filter(|x| l.is_none_or(|l| l == *x)).collect()),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Human-readable summary of the active rules (smart album tooltips, `album.list`).
     pub fn describe(&self) -> String {
         self.describe_in(None)
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs
index 82bdca4578..b2eb8cb949 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,29 @@ fn smart_album_rule_sets() {
     assert!(a.to_string().contains("rating is ≥ 4"), "{a}");
 }
 
+/// `label` and `labels` set together (only through `library.filter`, or a filter saved with the
+/// single label) AND, and the chip says what they let through, not their union.
+#[test]
+fn filter_label_and_labels_together_chip() {
+    use lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel;
+    let mut s = crate::Session::with_demo();
+    let ids: Vec<u64> = s.catalog.photos().take(3).map(|p| p.id.0).collect();
+    for (id, l) in ids.iter().zip(["red", "yellow", "green"]) {
+        s.execute("photo.label", &json!({"ids": [id], "label": l})).unwrap();
+    }
+    let reds = s.catalog.photos().filter(|p| p.in_library() && p.label == Some(ColorLabel::Red)).count();
+    let chip = |s: &Session| crate::filter_chips(&s.filter, &s.catalog).into_iter().find(|c| c.label.starts_with("Label")).expect("a label chip");
+    s.execute("library.filter", &json!({"label": "red", "labels": ["yellow", "red"]})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.visible_cloned().len(), reds);
+    assert_eq!(chip(&s).label, "Label: Red");
+    // nothing passes both: the chip names both constraints
+    s.execute("library.filter", &json!({"label": "red", "labels": ["yellow", "green"]})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.visible_cloned().len(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(chip(&s).label, "Label: Red and (Yellow or Green)");
+    s.execute("library.filter", &chip(&s).clear).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((s.filter.label, s.filter.labels.len()), (None, 0));
+}
+
 /// The filter bar's label multi-select: any of the chosen labels.
 #[test]
 fn filter_any_of_several_labels() {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/view.rs b/crates/engine/src/view.rs
index 0d5cde3cf3..dbfb0fade6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/view.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/view.rs
@@ -161,11 +161,17 @@ pub fn filter_chips(f: &Filter, cat: &Catalog) -> Vec<FilterChip> {
     if let Some(fl) = f.flag {
         add(format!("Flag: {}", format!("{fl:?}").to_lowercase()), json!({"flag": Null}));
     }
-    let mut labels = f.labels.clone();
-    labels.extend(f.label.filter(|l| !labels.contains(l)));
-    if !labels.is_empty() {
-        let names: Vec<String> = labels.iter().map(|l| cat.label_name(*l)).collect();
-        add(format!("Label: {}", names.join(" or ")), json!({"label": Null, "labels": []}));
+    if let Some(shown) = f.labels_shown() {
+        let or = |ls: &[lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel]| ls.iter().map(|l| cat.label_name(*l)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" or ");
+        // empty: `label` and `labels` exclude each other, so name both constraints
+        let names = if shown.is_empty() {
+            // parenthesised when plural, so "Red and Yellow or Green" cannot read as "(Red and Yellow) or Green"
+            let plural = if f.labels.len() > 1 { format!("({})", or(&f.labels)) } else { or(&f.labels) };
+            format!("{} and {plural}", f.label.map(|l| cat.label_name(l)).unwrap_or_default())
+        } else {
+            or(&shown)
+        };
+        add(format!("Label: {names}"), json!({"label": Null, "labels": []}));
     }
     if let Some(k) = f.kind {
         let n = match k {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/fi.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/fi.json
index 5981a09a2d..6456a66241 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/fi.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/fi.json
@@ -2276,10 +2276,12 @@
   "or drop a .onnx file on the window": "tai pudota .onnx-tiedosto ikkunaan",
   "or drop photos and folders into this window": "tai pudota kuvia ja kansioita tähän ikkunaan",
   "or drop photos into this window": "tai pudota kuvia tähän ikkunaan",
+  "pick": "valittu kuva",
   "photo has its denoised picture.": "kuvalla on kohinanpoistettu kuvansa.",
   "photo waiting": "kuva odottaa",
   "photos have their denoised picture.": "kuvilla on kohinanpoistetut kuvansa.",
   "photos waiting": "kuvaa odottaa",
+  "reject": "hylätty",
   "saved in": "tallennettu kohteeseen",
   "second": "sekunti",
   "starts using it for AI Denoise": "alkaa käyttää sitä tekoälykohinanpoistoon",
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
index a5d05edacf..f3d8d94cb8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
@@ -2020,6 +2020,30 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(deep.is_some_and(|n| n > 500), "scrolled rows: {later:?}");
     }
 
+    /// With `label` and `labels` both set (a saved single-label filter, or an agent), the filter
+    /// bar lights only the labels that pass both, and a click starts from those, not their union.
+    #[test]
+    fn filter_bar_labels_from_label_and_labels() {
+        use lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel;
+        let mut h = demo([1400.0, 800.0]);
+        let t = Duration::from_secs(10);
+        h.request("engine.execute", json!({"command": "view.filterBar"}), t);
+        h.app.session.execute("library.filter", &json!({"label": "red", "labels": ["red", "yellow"]})).unwrap();
+        // a frame so the bar is laid out for the new filter before the click
+        h.step();
+        let r = h.request("ui.clickWidget", json!({"id": "filter:label-green"}), t);
+        assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+        let f = h.app.session.filter.clone();
+        assert_eq!((f.label, f.labels), (None, vec![ColorLabel::Red, ColorLabel::Green]));
+        // nothing passes both: nothing is lit, so a click shows just that label
+        h.app.session.execute("library.filter", &json!({"label": "red", "labels": ["yellow"]})).unwrap();
+        h.step();
+        h.request("ui.clickWidget", json!({"id": "filter:label-green"}), t);
+        let f = h.app.session.filter.clone();
+        assert_eq!((f.label, f.labels), (None, vec![ColorLabel::Green]));
+        h.settle(SETTLE);
+    }
+
     /// The filter bar drives `library.filter` and saves the view as a smart album.
     #[test]
     fn filter_bar_filters_and_saves_a_smart_album() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index c9ee3878c7..9ba1cd5afb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -1149,6 +1149,20 @@ mod tests {
             let no = format!(" {}", bool_text_in(Locale::De, false));
             assert!(rules_label(&rules, &catalog).ends_with(&no), "{}", rules_label(&rules, &catalog));
         }
+        let both = lightcraft_catalog::Filter {
+            label: Some(lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Red),
+            labels: vec![lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Blue, lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Red],
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let name = |label| color_label(&app.session.catalog, label);
+        let (red, blue, green) =
+            (name(lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Red), name(lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Blue), name(lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Green));
+        let (label, and, or) = (tr("Label"), tr("and"), tr("or"));
+        assert_eq!(filter_label(&both, &app.session.catalog), format!("{label}: {red}"));
+        let both = lightcraft_catalog::Filter { labels: vec![lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Blue], ..both };
+        assert_eq!(filter_label(&both, &app.session.catalog), format!("{label}: {red} {and} {blue}"));
+        let both = lightcraft_catalog::Filter { labels: vec![lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Blue, lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Green], ..both };
+        assert_eq!(filter_label(&both, &app.session.catalog), format!("{label}: {red} {and} ({blue} {or} {green})"));
         let filter = lightcraft_catalog::Filter {
             labels: vec![lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Red, lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Blue],
             ..Default::default()
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs
index 3a8f0ce8e7..e6945db013 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs
@@ -41,10 +41,16 @@ pub(crate) fn display_label(chip: &FilterChip, filter: &lightcraft_catalog::Filt
         return format!("{}: {}", tr("Rules"), rules_label(rules, catalog));
     }
     if chip.clear.get("label").is_some() {
-        let mut labels = filter.labels.clone();
-        labels.extend(filter.label.filter(|label| !labels.contains(label)));
-        let names = labels.iter().map(|label| crate::i18n::color_label(catalog, *label)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        return format!("{}: {}", tr("Label"), names.join(&format!(" {} ", tr("or"))));
+        let shown = filter.labels_shown().unwrap_or_default();
+        let name = |label: &lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel| crate::i18n::color_label(catalog, *label);
+        let or = |labels: &[lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel]| labels.iter().map(name).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(&format!(" {} ", tr("or")));
+        let names = if shown.is_empty() {
+            let plural = if filter.labels.len() > 1 { format!("({})", or(&filter.labels)) } else { or(&filter.labels) };
+            format!("{} {} {plural}", filter.label.as_ref().map(name).unwrap_or_default(), tr("and"))
+        } else {
+            or(&shown)
+        };
+        return format!("{}: {names}", tr("Label"));
     }
     if chip.clear.get("dateFrom").is_some() || chip.clear.get("dateTo").is_some() {
         return match (&filter.date_from, &filter.date_to) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs
index 8b524df115..592baf32f9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs
@@ -158,13 +158,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
 
     // colour labels
     caption(ui, "Label");
-    // several labels can be on at once (any of them matches)
-    let mut chosen: Vec<ColorLabel> = f.labels.clone();
-    if let Some(l) = f.label
-        && !chosen.contains(&l)
-    {
-        chosen.push(l);
-    }
+    // several labels can be on at once (any of them matches); lit are those `label` and `labels` both let through
+    let chosen: Vec<ColorLabel> = f.labels_shown().unwrap_or_default();
     for l in ColorLabel::ALL {
         let on = chosen.contains(&l);
         let name = format!("{l:?}").to_lowercase();