diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs
index 832219d5f..00bcc1c83 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs
@@ -222,18 +222,16 @@ fn trace_params(s: &Session, c: &str, p: &Value) -> Result<tr::TraceParams> {
     Ok(params)
 }
 
-/// Document swatch `w`'s solid color with the paint a trace fills with it: a global or spot color,
-/// or a tint of one, linked to its swatch as `swatch_solid` (paint.rs) links it; any other color
-/// unlinked. The color is the one the paint shows (a Lab spot color's CMYK equivalent when the Spot
-/// Colors options use CMYK values).
+/// Document swatch `w`'s displayed solid color and unlinked trace paint. A tint uses its tinted
+/// color; a Lab spot color uses its CMYK equivalent when the Spot Colors options use CMYK values.
 fn trace_swatch_paint(d: &Document, w: &Swatch) -> Option<(Color, Paint)> {
     let linked = d.swatch_link(&w.name).and_then(|(base, tint)| d.tint_paint(&base, tint));
     let color = linked.as_ref().and_then(Paint::color).or_else(|| w.paint.color())?;
-    Some((color, linked.unwrap_or_else(|| Paint::solid(color))))
+    Some((color, Paint::solid(color)))
 }
 
 /// Document Library with `colorGroup`: the solid colors of the active document's color group
-/// `name` (so named exactly, else ignoring case), each with its paint ([`trace_swatch_paint`]).
+/// `name` (so named exactly, else ignoring case), each with its unlinked paint ([`trace_swatch_paint`]).
 /// Errors name command `c`. ([`trace_params`] has checked that the library is the document's
 /// swatches.)
 fn trace_group_colors(c: &str, s: &Session, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<(Color, Paint)>> {
@@ -249,9 +247,7 @@ fn trace_group_colors(c: &str, s: &Session, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<(Color, Pa
 }
 
 /// Document Library in Color mode: look the library's colors (or its color group's) up into
-/// `params.swatches` → each one as traced (sRGB) with the paint to fill with. The document's
-/// global and spot colors fill linked to their swatches ([`trace_swatch_paint`]); a swatch
-/// library's colors fill unlinked. Errors name command `c`.
+/// `params.swatches` → each one as traced (sRGB) with its unlinked paint. Errors name command `c`.
 fn trace_library(c: &str, s: &Session, params: &mut tr::TraceParams) -> Result<Vec<([u8; 3], Paint)>> {
     if params.mode != tr::Mode::Color || params.palette != tr::Palette::DocumentLibrary {
         return Ok(vec![]);
@@ -559,15 +555,11 @@ pub(super) fn trace_make(s: &mut Session, p: &Value, expand: bool) -> Result<Val
     let unit = xf.determinant().abs().sqrt();
     let (npaths, anchors, colors) = (res.paths.len(), res.anchor_count(), res.palette.len());
     let label = if expand { "Image Trace (Make and Expand)" } else { "Image Trace" };
-    // A library color fills with the swatch's own color (its model kept), linked to a
-    // global or spot swatch of the document. Of the swatches that trace as this color,
-    // the first linked one is taken, else the first. Build the lookup once per trace.
+    // A library color fills with the swatch's displayed color (its model kept), unlinked.
+    // Keep the first swatch that traces as a given color. Build the lookup once per trace.
     let mut by_color: HashMap<[u8; 3], &Paint> = HashMap::new();
     for (rgb, paint) in &library {
-        let chosen = by_color.entry(*rgb).or_insert(paint);
-        if !matches!(**chosen, Paint::Solid { swatch: Some(_), .. }) && matches!(paint, Paint::Solid { swatch: Some(_), .. }) {
-            *chosen = paint;
-        }
+        by_color.entry(*rgb).or_insert(paint);
     }
     let id = s.edit(label, |d, sel| {
         let src = d.node(target).cloned().ok_or(EngineError::NoNode(target))?;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs
index 407064461..bd9bd02a2 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs
@@ -3188,7 +3188,7 @@ fn image_trace_document_library_uses_a_color_group() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn image_trace_document_library_links_fills_to_global_swatches() {
+fn image_trace_document_library_fills_are_unlinked() {
     let mut s = session();
     // A global color, a tint of another global color and a process color.
     s.execute("swatch.new", &json!({"name": "Ink", "color": "#c82828", "global": true})).unwrap();
@@ -3208,7 +3208,7 @@ fn image_trace_document_library_links_fills_to_global_swatches() {
     });
     let img = add_image(&mut s, &r, Affine::IDENTITY);
     let params = json!({"mode": "color", "palette": "documentLibrary", "library": "document", "colors": 3});
-    // Each fill as (its color, the swatch it links to, its tint), one per color.
+    // Each fill as (its color, its swatch link, its tint), one per color.
     let fills = |s: &Session, id: &Value| {
         let mut v: Vec<(String, Option<String>, f32)> = node(s, NodeId(id.as_u64().unwrap()))
             .children()
@@ -3230,27 +3230,26 @@ fn image_trace_document_library_links_fills_to_global_swatches() {
     let res = s.execute("imageTrace.makeAndExpand", &json!({"params": params})).unwrap();
     let got = fills(&s, &res["id"]);
     assert_eq!(got.len(), 3, "{got:?}");
-    assert!(got.contains(&fill("#c82828", Some("Ink"), 1.0)), "{got:?}");
-    assert!(got.contains(&fill(&tint, Some("Sky"), 0.5)), "{got:?}");
+    assert!(got.contains(&fill("#c82828", None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
+    assert!(got.contains(&fill(&tint, None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
     assert!(got.contains(&fill("#28a03c", None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
-    // Editing the global swatches recolors the trace: the tint at its own tint.
+    // Editing the global swatches leaves the traced colors unchanged.
     s.execute("swatch.edit", &json!({"name": "Ink", "color": "#ff8800"})).unwrap();
     s.execute("swatch.edit", &json!({"name": "Sky", "color": "#000000"})).unwrap();
-    let tint = hex_of(&mut s, "Sky 50%");
     let got = fills(&s, &res["id"]);
-    assert!(got.contains(&fill("#ff8800", Some("Ink"), 1.0)), "{got:?}");
-    assert!(got.contains(&fill(&tint, Some("Sky"), 0.5)), "{got:?}");
+    assert!(got.contains(&fill("#c82828", None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
+    assert!(got.contains(&fill(&tint, None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
     assert!(got.contains(&fill("#28a03c", None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
     for _ in 0..3 {
         s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
     }
-    // A color group's global swatches link too.
+    // A color group's global swatches also fill without links.
     s.execute("swatch.newGroup", &json!({"name": "Brand", "swatches": ["Ink", "Leaf"]})).unwrap();
     let mut group = params.clone();
     group["colorGroup"] = json!("Brand");
     let res = s.execute("imageTrace.makeAndExpand", &json!({"id": img.0, "params": group})).unwrap();
     let got = fills(&s, &res["id"]);
-    assert!(got.contains(&fill("#c82828", Some("Ink"), 1.0)) && got.contains(&fill("#28a03c", None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
+    assert!(got.contains(&fill("#c82828", None, 1.0)) && got.contains(&fill("#28a03c", None, 1.0)), "{got:?}");
     s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
     // A swatch library's colors stay unlinked.
     let mut web = params.clone();
@@ -3261,7 +3260,7 @@ fn image_trace_document_library_links_fills_to_global_swatches() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn image_trace_document_library_links_to_a_global_swatch_after_a_process_swatch_of_its_color() {
+fn image_trace_document_library_same_color_stays_unlinked_in_swatch_order() {
     let mut s = session();
     // A process swatch, then two global swatches, all of one color.
     s.execute("swatch.new", &json!({"name": "Red", "color": "#c82828"})).unwrap();
@@ -3286,15 +3285,43 @@ fn image_trace_document_library_links_to_a_global_swatch_after_a_process_swatch_
     let red = Color::rgb8(200, 40, 40);
     let reds: Vec<&Paint> = got.iter().filter(|p| p.color().map(|c| c.to_rgba8(1.0)) == Some(red.to_rgba8(1.0))).collect();
     assert!(!reds.is_empty(), "{got:?}");
-    assert!(reds.iter().all(|p| matches!(p, Paint::Solid { swatch: Some(w), .. } if w == "Ink")), "{got:?}");
+    assert!(reds.iter().all(|p| matches!(p, Paint::Solid { swatch: None, .. })), "{got:?}");
     let tints: Vec<&Paint> = got.iter().filter(|p| p.color().map(|c| c.to_rgba8(1.0)) == Some([tr, tg, tb, 255])).collect();
     assert!(!tints.is_empty(), "{got:?}");
-    assert!(tints.iter().all(|p| matches!(p, Paint::Solid { swatch: Some(w), tint, .. } if w == "Sky" && *tint == 0.5)), "{got:?}");
-    // Editing the global swatch recolors the trace.
+    assert!(tints.iter().all(|p| matches!(p, Paint::Solid { swatch: None, .. })), "{got:?}");
+    // Editing the global swatch leaves the trace unchanged.
     s.execute("swatch.edit", &json!({"name": "Ink", "color": "#ff8800"})).unwrap();
     let g = node(&s, NodeId(res["id"].as_u64().unwrap()));
     let orange = Color::rgb8(255, 136, 0).to_rgba8(1.0);
-    assert!(g.children().unwrap().iter().any(|n| n.appearance.fill_paint().color().map(|c| c.to_rgba8(1.0)) == Some(orange)));
+    assert!(!g.children().unwrap().iter().any(|n| n.appearance.fill_paint().color().map(|c| c.to_rgba8(1.0)) == Some(orange)));
+    assert_eq!(g.children().unwrap().iter().map(|n| n.appearance.fill_paint()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), got);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn image_trace_document_library_same_color_is_unlinked_in_both_swatch_orders() {
+    let trace_fill = |global_first: bool| {
+        let mut s = session();
+        for global in [global_first, !global_first] {
+            s.execute("swatch.new", &json!({"name": if global { "Ink" } else { "Red" }, "color": "#c82828", "global": global})).unwrap();
+        }
+        let r = vectorcraft_trace::Raster::from_fn(60, 60, |_, _| [200, 40, 40, 255]);
+        add_image(&mut s, &r, Affine::IDENTITY);
+        let res = s
+            .execute(
+                "imageTrace.makeAndExpand",
+                &json!({"params": {"mode": "color", "palette": "documentLibrary", "library": "document", "colors": 2}}),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let g = node(&s, NodeId(res["id"].as_u64().unwrap()));
+        let fills: Vec<Paint> = g.children().unwrap().iter().map(|n| n.appearance.fill_paint()).collect();
+        assert!(!fills.is_empty());
+        assert!(fills.iter().all(|p| matches!(p, Paint::Solid { swatch: None, .. })), "{fills:?}");
+        fills
+    };
+    let process_first = trace_fill(false);
+    let global_first = trace_fill(true);
+    assert_eq!(process_first, global_first);
+    assert!(process_first.iter().all(|p| p.color() == Some(Color::rgb8(200, 40, 40))));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -3337,7 +3364,7 @@ fn image_trace_document_library_matches_a_lab_spot_by_its_cmyk_equivalent() {
     let res = s.execute("imageTrace.makeAndExpand", &json!({"params": params})).unwrap();
     let g = node(&s, NodeId(res["id"].as_u64().unwrap()));
     let got: Vec<Paint> = g.children().unwrap().iter().map(|n| n.appearance.fill_paint()).collect();
-    let spot = Paint::Solid { color: shown, swatch: Some("Lab Ink".into()), tint: 1.0 };
+    let spot = Paint::solid(shown);
     assert!(got.contains(&spot), "{got:?}");
     assert!(!got.iter().any(|p| p.color() == Some(process)), "{got:?}");
 }
diff --git a/docs/image-trace-adjustments.md b/docs/image-trace-adjustments.md
index 0de13b953..92e5f42ac 100644
--- a/docs/image-trace-adjustments.md
+++ b/docs/image-trace-adjustments.md
@@ -46,12 +46,10 @@ most `colors` of its colors are used. A missing group and a group with no solid
 mode, palette or library in the panel clears the group. A group the active document does not have shows as All
 and traces as All.
 
-**Document Library linked colors.** With Library › Document Swatches, with or without a color group,
-a traced fill or stroke whose color comes from a global or spot swatch is linked to that swatch, and
-one whose color comes from a tint swatch is linked to its base at the tint. Editing the swatch
-recolors the trace. Colors from process swatches and from swatch libraries are not linked. When
-several swatches show the same color, the first of them in the list that is a global, spot or tint
-swatch gives the link.
+**Document Library colors.** With Library › Document Swatches, with or without a color group,
+traced fills and strokes take the library color without a link to its swatch. This includes global,
+spot and tint swatches. Tints trace at the color shown by the tint swatch. Editing a swatch later
+does not recolor the trace. Colors from other swatch libraries are also unlinked.
 
 **Document Library** traces with the library's colors as they are. Each pixel takes the library
 color nearest to it in lightness and hue, with a difference in hue or chroma counted three times
diff --git a/docs/target-app-parity.md b/docs/target-app-parity.md
index d249198ce..edcba39a9 100644
--- a/docs/target-app-parity.md
+++ b/docs/target-app-parity.md
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
   Disable, Enable, Unlink and Link Opacity Mask and Opacity Mask Options (`transparency.setOpacityMask`) record no undo step when every mask they act on already has the flags they set.
 - **Image Trace, thin closed outlines:** generated `fit::snap_area_tests` verify nonzero interiors after straightening, opposite closed-boundary winding and Noise controls; see [quality notes](image-trace-quality.md#thin-closed-outlines-with-snap-curves-to-lines). Scores and hours unchanged; open-piece fitting is unchanged.
 - **Image Trace, Document Library color groups:** with Document Swatches, the panel's Colors menu and `"colorGroup"` trace with one color group's colors instead of every swatch, as the public panel documentation describes Document Library; code-drawn tests in `crates/engine` and the panel.
-- **Image Trace, Document Library linked colors:** with Document Swatches, traced fills and strokes from global and spot swatches (and tints of them) are linked to their swatches, so editing a swatch recolors the trace; process colors and swatch-library colors stay unlinked; a code-drawn test in `crates/engine`.
+- **Image Trace, Document Library colors:** with Document Swatches, traced fills and strokes use the displayed colors of process, global, spot and tint swatches without links, so editing a swatch leaves the trace unchanged; swatch-library colors are also unlinked; code-drawn tests in `crates/engine`.
 - **Image Trace, flattened slivers:** in a Color, Grayscale or Black and White trace with Fills, a traced region whose outline straightens onto one line (a single pixel, or a one-pixel row along an edge, its pieces shared with the regions beside it) is left out instead of becoming a selectable path with no area, which paints nothing. Snap Curves To Lines straightens more outlines, so it leaves out more of these. Without Fills, the region's 1 px stroke draws it, and it is kept. Code-drawn tests in `crates/trace`.
 - **Image Trace, Auto Color rare colours:** the Automatic palette keeps colours too rare for its area count when they are distinct (Oklab) and drawn as coherent regions, at most six, protected from mixed-colour merging and Noise; code-drawn stem, highlight, low-contrast and scattered-noise tests (see [quality notes](image-trace-quality.md#auto-color-keeps-rare-colours)).
 - **Image Trace, Document Library keeps neutral tones neutral:** each pixel takes the library color nearest in Oklab with differences in hue and chroma counted three times, so a gray or a muted brown traces as a neutral library color instead of a saturated one of similar lightness; a code-drawn test of gray and brown patches with a black, light and blue library in `crates/trace`.