diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index 923459f89..13d5a00d8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ impl VectorcraftApp {
         crate::ime::install_hooks(ctx);
         self.adopt_context(ctx);
         if !self.styled {
-            theme::apply(ctx, self.ui.brightness);
+            // The saved accent, color scheme and canvas color, not the defaults (#4837).
+            prefs_dialog::reapply(self, ctx);
             egui_extras::install_image_loaders(ctx);
             self.styled = true;
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog.rs
index d638e0b26..b91c149f4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub fn apply_runtime(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
         scrub: p.scrub_numeric_fields,
         bare_points: p.numbers_without_units_are_points,
     };
-    let id = egui::Id::unique("dc-applied-prefs");
+    let id = applied_id();
     let prev: Option<Applied> = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<Option<Applied>>(id)).flatten();
     if prev != Some(want) {
         theme::apply_with(ctx, want.brightness, want.accent, want.scheme);
@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ pub fn apply_runtime(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Where [`apply_runtime`] keeps the preferences it last pushed into `ctx`.
+fn applied_id() -> egui::Id {
+    egui::Id::unique("dc-applied-prefs")
+}
+
+/// [`apply_runtime`] with nothing recorded as applied, so the theme (brightness, accent, color
+/// scheme and canvas color) and the other UI-side preferences are pushed into `ctx` again.
+pub(crate) fn reapply(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<Option<Applied>>(applied_id()));
+    apply_runtime(app, ctx);
+}
+
 pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let Some(mut d) = app.ui.dialog.clone() else { return };
     let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog/tests.rs
index c433fbc02..80fb23a17 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_dialog/tests.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@ fn canvas_color_choices_paint_the_pasteboard() {
     assert!(app.run("prefs.set", serde_json::json!({"key": "canvasColor", "value": "pink"})).is_err());
 }
 
+/// #4837: the saved Color Scheme, Accent and Canvas Color are the ones the first frame shows, not
+/// the defaults the first UI pass installs.
+#[test]
+fn saved_scheme_accent_and_canvas_color_show_from_the_first_frame() {
+    let mut app = app();
+    for (key, value) in [("uiColorScheme", "classic"), ("uiAccent", "pink"), ("canvasColor", "white")] {
+        app.run("prefs.set", json!({"key": key, "value": value})).unwrap();
+    }
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        let mut out = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput::default(), |ui| app.logic(ui.ctx()));
+        out.textures_delta.clear();
+        let (t, classic) = (Tokens::get(&ctx), Tokens::for_scheme(Scheme::Classic, app.ui.brightness, Accent::Pink));
+        assert_eq!((t.accent, t.app_bar, t.panel), (classic.accent, classic.app_bar, classic.panel));
+        assert_eq!(t.pasteboard, egui::Color32::WHITE);
+        assert_eq!(ctx.global_style().visuals.hyperlink_color, classic.accent);
+    }
+}
+
 fn app() -> VectorcraftApp {
     VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Services::default())
 }