diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b622e0..dcb2989 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.2.41 — 2026-08-10
+- Added: Memby's own opening clip now plays while the app is starting up.
+- Fixed: Colour schemes now repaint the whole app. The home screen, Settings, Search and the opening screen only followed a theme in part.
+- Improved: A far wider range of welcome lines and opening messages, so the same one comes round much less often.
+- Improved: The opening screen is no longer rebuilt as Memby moves between start-up steps.
+
 ## 0.2.40 — 2026-08-10
 - Improved: Video playback recovers more reliably from decoder failures and prolonged buffering.
 - Improved: Memby's short pre-roll is prepared in advance for faster playback starts.
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index f6ec78f..d0fa3f6 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -1192,6 +1192,31 @@ failure fallback; and the preroll player is stopped and parked at hand-off so it
 hardware decoder while HEVC content plays. Returning to Home prepares the same instance again
 in the next idle window rather than constructing one per title.
 
+**The same clip plays behind the cold-start screen** (`ui/LaunchPreroll.kt`). It is the one
+screen every launch shows and the clip was the one thing Memby owns that nobody ever saw
+there. It borrows the *same* cached instance — no second decoder, no second copy of the
+file — and hands it back on dispose, so the next playback still opens on a prepared player.
+Things to preserve: it is **decoration and never a gate**, so every failure is silent and
+leaves the pulsing-logo screen exactly as it was, and the logo only fades out on
+`onRenderedFirstFrame` rather than on having asked the player to start; it is acquired
+**after** `withFrameNanos`, because a cold start has nothing cached and constructing an
+ExoPlayer inside the first composition of the screen that must appear immediately is the
+cost the idle-handler prepare exists to avoid; it is muted and looped, where the pre-roll
+before a programme is audible and must *end* — `PrerollPreloader.acquire`/`recycle`
+normalise volume and repeat mode so a borrower cannot leave the next one wedged. And
+`AppRoot` calls `MembyLoadingScreen` from **one** call site: the three states meaning "still
+opening" were three, and Compose identifies a composable by where it is called from, so
+moving between them disposed the screen and rebuilt it — which now means returning and
+re-borrowing the player twice during the busiest stretch of a launch.
+
+**What it says while it is opening is `ui/WelcomeQuotes.kt`.** Twenty-five lines per tone
+plus eight headlines, because this is the most-read copy in the app and five per tone meant
+a household saw the same sentence roughly every fifth time they switched the set on.
+`WelcomeQuotesTest` counts the distinct lines a pool yields: a pool that shrank back, or
+gained a duplicate on a copy-paste, looks identical to one that did not. The headline is
+kept apart from the quotes and is not keyed on the tone — it names what the app is *doing*,
+and rerolling it when the settings flow arrives would change the line mid-launch.
+
 **Next up / auto-advance.** 30 s before an episode ends, `PlayerActivity` slides up
 `player_next_up_banner.xml` and rolls into the next episode when it reaches zero (Settings
 → Playback turns it off; `Settings.autoPlayNextEpisode`). Which episode that is comes from
@@ -1563,6 +1588,23 @@ and two secondary greys, which is visible the moment a detail page opens from a
 colour or radius belongs in the token file, or is a considered exception — not a fifth
 value.
 
+**The eight slots a theme sends are not the vocabulary the screens paint with**, which is
+why picking a colour scheme used to change almost nothing outside the detail pages. The
+launcher, the cold-start screen, Settings, Search, the update and maintenance screens and
+the two overlays were drawn with a hundred-odd literal hexes — a lighter green for a label,
+a near-black ink for text on a green fill, three neutral steps for controls — none of which
+the palette could reach. Those shades are now *derived* in `DesignTokens.kt`
+(`MembyAccentBright`, `MembyAccentInk`, `MembyAccentMuted`, `MembyControlSurface`,
+`MembyControlSurfaceRaised`, `MembyOutline`, `MembyDisabledText`, `MembySplashTint`).
+Derived rather than added to the wire on purpose: a theme sends the *decisions* and the app
+works out the shades around them, so a scheme invented on the gateway tomorrow arrives
+complete rather than half-applied — the same reason the palette carries no radii. What
+stays a literal is anything carrying meaning of its own: the red/amber/blue status colours,
+the genre tiles, and the ratings providers' own brand colours. And a screen-local alias must
+be `get()`, never `val` — `SettingsSheet`'s `Canvas`/`Panel`/`TextPrimary` were values, so
+the settings page, which is where the theme is *chosen*, was the one screen that could never
+repaint.
+
 **Those colours are the server's answer, not constants.** Every token in `DesignTokens.kt`
 is now a `get()` over one process-wide `mutableStateOf(MembyPalette)`, and `applyMembyPalette`
 is what repaints the app. Two things follow and both are easy to undo: an alias must be a
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 5a07e7e..62c1263 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ val projectNoticeText =
 
 // A release workflow can derive the app version from its Git tag without editing the
 // source tree. Local builds keep using the checked-in default.
-val defaultVersionName = "0.2.40"
+val defaultVersionName = "0.2.41"
 val membyVersionName: String =
     (project.findProperty("memby.versionName") as String?)
         ?.trim()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt
index a48889f..0b1b5b4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt
@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.dynamicRangeLabel
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.formatRuntime
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.FactSeparator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentInk
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyCardCorner
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyChipCorner
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurfaceRaised
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyPanelCorner
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
@@ -565,7 +569,7 @@ private fun UserSwitcherProfileItem(
         Box(
             Modifier
                 .size(26.dp)
-                .background(if (current) EmbyGreen else Color(0xFF2B3035), CircleShape),
+                .background(if (current) EmbyGreen else MembyControlSurfaceRaised, CircleShape),
             contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
         ) {
             Text(
@@ -890,7 +894,7 @@ private fun SkeletonBlock(width: Dp, height: Dp) {
             .width(width)
             .height(height)
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
-            .background(Color(0xFF30363B)),
+            .background(MembyControlSurfaceRaised),
     )
 }
 
@@ -1217,7 +1221,7 @@ private fun MetadataContent(
         }
         Text(
             item.overview?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: "No description available.",
-            color = Color(0xFFD0D4D7),
+            color = MembyMutedText,
             fontSize = 14.sp,
             lineHeight = 18.sp,
             maxLines = if (compact) 2 else 3,
@@ -1292,7 +1296,7 @@ private fun ScheduleMetadataContent(
                 } else {
                     "Episode details will appear when they become available."
                 },
-            color = Color(0xFFD0D4D7),
+            color = MembyMutedText,
             fontSize = 14.sp,
             lineHeight = 18.sp,
             maxLines = if (compact) 2 else 3,
@@ -1370,7 +1374,7 @@ internal fun HomeRowHeaderIcon(icon: ImageVector, modifier: Modifier = Modifier)
 fun MediaBadge(label: String, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
     Text(
         label,
-        color = Color(0xFFE4E7E9),
+        color = MembyOnSurface,
         fontSize = 11.sp,
         fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
         modifier = modifier
@@ -1461,7 +1465,7 @@ internal fun MediaRow(
             Spacer(Modifier.width(HomeRowHeaderIconGap))
             Text(
                 row.title,
-                color = Color(0xFFF1F3F4),
+                color = MembyOnSurface,
                 fontSize = 20.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
             )
@@ -1657,7 +1661,7 @@ private fun CastCard(person: EmbyPerson, compact: Boolean) {
                 .fillMaxWidth()
                 .height(height)
                 .clip(shape)
-                .background(Color(0xFF24292E))
+                .background(MembyControlSurface)
                 .border(
                     if (focused) 2.dp else 1.dp,
                     if (focused) Color.White else Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.10f),
@@ -2105,7 +2109,7 @@ private fun MediaCard(
             }
             Text(
                 item.name,
-                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFE1E5E8),
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else MembyOnSurface,
                 fontSize = 14.sp,
                 fontWeight = if (focused) FontWeight.Bold else FontWeight.SemiBold,
                 maxLines = 1,
@@ -2163,11 +2167,11 @@ private fun ScheduleStatusBadge(status: String, label: String, modifier: Modifie
         "downloading" -> Color(0xFF5DA9FF)
         "awaiting" -> Color(0xFFFFB454)
         "unmonitored" -> QuietText
-        else -> Color(0xFFE1E5E8)
+        else -> MembyOnSurface
     }
     Text(
         text = label,
-        color = if (status == "available") Color(0xFF071008) else MembySurface,
+        color = if (status == "available") MembyAccentInk else MembySurface,
         fontSize = 9.sp,
         fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
         letterSpacing = 0.5.sp,
@@ -2206,11 +2210,11 @@ internal fun LifecycleBadge(status: String, label: String, modifier: Modifier =
     // One colour per status, matching what the same word is coloured in *arr: still being
     // made is green, over is red, not out yet is blue, in cinemas is amber.
     val (background, foreground) = when (status) {
-        "continuing", "released" -> EmbyGreen to Color(0xFF071008)
+        "continuing", "released" -> EmbyGreen to MembyAccentInk
         "upcoming", "announced" -> Color(0xFF5DA9FF) to MembySurface
         "incinemas" -> Color(0xFFFFB454) to MembySurface
         "ended" -> Color(0xFFE04747) to Color.White
-        else -> Color(0xFF3A4249) to Color(0xFFE1E5E8)
+        else -> MembyControlSurfaceRaised to MembyOnSurface
     }
     Text(
         text = label,
@@ -2352,9 +2356,9 @@ private fun ArtworkLoadingSkeleton(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
         modifier.background(
             Brush.linearGradient(
                 colors = listOf(
-                    Color(0xFF20262B),
-                    Color(0xFF343B41),
-                    Color(0xFF20262B),
+                    MembyControlSurface,
+                    MembyControlSurfaceRaised,
+                    MembyControlSurface,
                 ),
             ),
         ),
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeMovieHero.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeMovieHero.kt
index 4b6b1e5..060c2a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeMovieHero.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeMovieHero.kt
@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.heroFacts
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.FactSeparator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurfaceRaised
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyPanelCorner
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
-import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import java.util.TimeZone
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 
 internal const val HOME_HERO_ROW_ID = "home-movie-hero"
 
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ private fun HeroArtwork(item: BaseItem, previewArtwork: ImageBitmap?, modifier:
         Box(
             modifier.background(
                 Brush.linearGradient(
-                    listOf(Color(0xFF172830), Color(0xFF26343A), Color(0xFF12171B)),
+                    listOf(MembySurfaceRaised, MembyControlSurfaceRaised, MembySurfaceRaised),
                 ),
             ),
         )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/LaunchPreroll.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/LaunchPreroll.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e61bcff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/LaunchPreroll.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberUpdatedState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.withFrameNanos
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalLifecycleOwner
+import androidx.compose.ui.viewinterop.AndroidView
+import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleEventObserver
+import androidx.media3.common.PlaybackException
+import androidx.media3.common.Player
+import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer
+import androidx.media3.ui.AspectRatioFrameLayout
+import androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player.PrerollPreloader
+
+/**
+ * Memby's own short clip, played behind the cold-start screen.
+ *
+ * The clip was already prepared during launch and already borrowed by the player for a
+ * fresh playback's pre-roll; the one place it was never seen was the screen every launch
+ * shows. This is that screen — the same 200 KB local resource, the same process-cached
+ * [PrerollPreloader] instance, no second decoder and no second copy of the file.
+ *
+ * Things worth preserving:
+ *
+ * - **It is decoration and never a gate.** Every failure path is silent and leaves the
+ *   pulsing-logo screen exactly as it was: an unavailable player, a decoder error, a set
+ *   that cannot render the clip at all. Nothing about opening the launcher waits on it, and
+ *   [onVisible] is called only once a frame has actually been drawn — so the fade never
+ *   uncovers a black rectangle.
+ * - **It is muted.** A branding sting is written to run its length; the cold-start screen is
+ *   commonly gone in a few hundred milliseconds, and a sound cut off a third of the way
+ *   through on every single app open is worse than no sound. The clip keeps its audio where
+ *   it plays to the end, which is the pre-roll before a programme.
+ * - **It loops.** A cold start on a slow connection outlasts six seconds, and a clip that
+ *   ended would leave its last frame frozen under the "opening" text — which reads as the
+ *   television having hung at precisely the moment the viewer is watching for that.
+ *   [PrerollPreloader.acquire] puts the repeat mode back, so the pre-roll before a
+ *   programme still ends.
+ * - **The player is returned, not released.** It goes back to the process cache on dispose,
+ *   which is what lets the very next playback still open on a prepared instance.
+ */
+@UnstableApi
+@Composable
+internal fun LaunchPrerollVideo(
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    onVisible: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val lifecycleOwner = LocalLifecycleOwner.current
+    val currentOnVisible by rememberUpdatedState(onVisible)
+
+    // Deliberately *not* borrowed during composition. On a cold start there is nothing
+    // cached yet, so acquiring here would construct an ExoPlayer and open the local
+    // resource on the main thread inside the first composition of the one screen whose
+    // whole job is to appear immediately. Waiting a frame costs the clip a few tens of
+    // milliseconds nobody can see behind the fade, and costs the launcher nothing.
+    var player by remember { mutableStateOf<ExoPlayer?>(null) }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        withFrameNanos { }
+        player = runCatching { PrerollPreloader.acquire(context) }.getOrNull()
+    }
+    // A null is an ordinary outcome — the caller simply keeps the screen it already has.
+    val active = player ?: return
+
+    DisposableEffect(active, lifecycleOwner) {
+        val listener = object : Player.Listener {
+            override fun onRenderedFirstFrame() = currentOnVisible()
+
+            override fun onPlayerError(error: PlaybackException) {
+                // Nothing to say and nowhere to say it. The screen underneath is complete.
+                active.playWhenReady = false
+            }
+        }
+        val observer = LifecycleEventObserver { _, event ->
+            when (event) {
+                Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP -> active.playWhenReady = false
+                Lifecycle.Event.ON_START -> active.playWhenReady = true
+                else -> Unit
+            }
+        }
+        active.addListener(listener)
+        lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.addObserver(observer)
+        active.volume = 0f
+        active.repeatMode = Player.REPEAT_MODE_ONE
+        active.seekTo(0L)
+        if (active.playbackState == Player.STATE_IDLE) active.prepare()
+        active.playWhenReady = lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.currentState.isAtLeast(Lifecycle.State.STARTED)
+
+        onDispose {
+            lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.removeObserver(observer)
+            active.removeListener(listener)
+            PrerollPreloader.recycle(active)
+        }
+    }
+
+    AndroidView(
+        modifier = modifier,
+        factory = { viewContext ->
+            PlayerView(viewContext).apply {
+                useController = false
+                // Fill rather than fit: this sits behind text as a wash, and letterbox bars
+                // on a screen whose whole job is to look like Memby would read as a fault.
+                resizeMode = AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_ZOOM
+                setShutterBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT)
+                this.player = active
+            }
+        },
+        onRelease = { it.player = null },
+    )
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
index 5635aae..8614aea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
@@ -145,8 +145,20 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.whatsnew.WhatsNewDecision
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.seasonal.SeasonalDecorations
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.whatsnew.whatsNewDecision
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentBright
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentInk
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentMuted
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyChipCorner
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurfaceRaised
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyDisabledText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOutline
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySplashTint
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyTheme
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.setup.SignInContent
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.InstallPermission
@@ -378,10 +390,27 @@ private fun AppRoot(onCloseSettings: () -> Unit) {
 
     Box(Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(MembySurface)) {
         val loaded = settings
+        // The three states below that mean "still opening" used to be three separate calls
+        // to MembyLoadingScreen, and Compose identifies a composable by where it is called
+        // from — so passing between them disposed the screen and built it again. That was
+        // only a wasted animation before; now it hands the pre-roll player back and borrows
+        // it a moment later, twice, during the one stretch of a launch that is busiest.
+        // Hoisted to one call site, the screen and its clip survive the whole cold start.
+        val openingQuoteStyle = when {
+            !initialUpdateCheckComplete -> loaded?.welcomeQuoteStyle.orEmpty()
+            appUpdate != null -> null
+            loaded == null -> ServiceLocator.settings.current?.welcomeQuoteStyle.orEmpty()
+            // Ordered exactly as the screens below are: adding a profile outranks waiting
+            // on the onboarding answer, and swapping the two would put the loading screen
+            // over a sign-in form somebody is halfway through.
+            addingProfile -> null
+            loaded.isSignedIn && recommendationOnboarding == null ->
+                loaded.welcomeQuoteStyle.orEmpty()
+            else -> null
+        }
+        if (openingQuoteStyle != null) MembyLoadingScreen(quoteStyle = openingQuoteStyle)
         when {
-            !initialUpdateCheckComplete -> MembyLoadingScreen(
-                quoteStyle = loaded?.welcomeQuoteStyle,
-            )
+            openingQuoteStyle != null -> Unit
             appUpdate != null -> UpdateScreen(
                 update = appUpdate!!,
                 onDismiss = {
@@ -392,15 +421,11 @@ private fun AppRoot(onCloseSettings: () -> Unit) {
                     }
                 },
             )
-            loaded == null -> MembyLoadingScreen(
-                quoteStyle = ServiceLocator.settings.current?.welcomeQuoteStyle,
-            )
+            loaded == null -> Unit
             addingProfile -> SetupScreen(
                 onCancel = { addingProfile = false },
                 onSignedIn = { addingProfile = false },
             )
-            loaded.isSignedIn && recommendationOnboarding == null ->
-                MembyLoadingScreen(quoteStyle = loaded.welcomeQuoteStyle)
             loaded.isSignedIn && recommendationOnboarding?.completed == false &&
                 recommendationOnboarding?.prompted == true -> {
                 RecommendationOnboardingScreen(
@@ -496,7 +521,7 @@ private fun ExitMembyConfirmation(
         Column(
             modifier = Modifier
                 .width(480.dp)
-                .background(Color(0xFF20262B), RoundedCornerShape(18.dp))
+                .background(MembyControlSurface, RoundedCornerShape(18.dp))
                 .padding(32.dp),
             horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
             verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(18.dp),
@@ -509,7 +534,7 @@ private fun ExitMembyConfirmation(
             )
             Text(
                 "Choose Stay to keep browsing, or close Memby and return to your TV.",
-                color = Color(0xFFBCC4CA),
+                color = MembyMutedText,
                 fontSize = 16.sp,
                 textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
             )
@@ -541,9 +566,23 @@ private fun ExitMembyConfirmation(
     }
 }
 
+@androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi
 @Composable
 private fun MembyLoadingScreen(quoteStyle: String? = null) {
     val welcomeQuote = remember(quoteStyle) { randomWelcomeQuote(quoteStyle) }
+    // Whether Memby's own clip is actually on screen behind this. Set from the player's
+    // first rendered frame rather than from having asked it to play, so the logo only gets
+    // out of the way once there is something to get out of the way for.
+    var prerollVisible by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val prerollAlpha by animateFloatAsState(
+        targetValue = if (prerollVisible) 1f else 0f,
+        animationSpec = tween(420),
+        label = "cold-start-preroll-alpha",
+    )
+    // Not keyed on the quote style: the headline says what the app is doing, and rerolling
+    // it when the settings flow arrives with a tone would change the line under the viewer
+    // mid-launch. Once per appearance of this screen is the intent.
+    val headline = remember { randomLoadingHeadline() }
     val transition = rememberInfiniteTransition(label = "cold-start")
     val pulse by transition.animateFloat(
         initialValue = 0.96f,
@@ -569,16 +608,40 @@ private fun MembyLoadingScreen(quoteStyle: String? = null) {
             .fillMaxSize()
             .background(
                 Brush.radialGradient(
-                    colors = listOf(Color(0xFF16231E), Color(0xFF090C0F)),
+                    colors = listOf(MembySplashTint, MembySurface),
                     radius = 1_100f,
                 ),
             ),
         contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
     ) {
+        LaunchPrerollVideo(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .graphicsLayer { alpha = prerollAlpha },
+            onVisible = { prerollVisible = true },
+        )
+        // Holds the copy legible over whatever frame the clip happens to be on. It fades in
+        // with the video rather than sitting there over the plain gradient, where it would
+        // only be darkening a screen that is already dark.
+        Box(
+            Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .graphicsLayer { alpha = prerollAlpha }
+                .background(
+                    Brush.verticalGradient(
+                        colors = listOf(
+                            MembySurface.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
+                            MembySurface.copy(alpha = 0.82f),
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ),
+        )
         Column(
             verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp),
             horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
         ) {
+            // The clip is Memby's own mark moving; the still logo above it would be the
+            // same thing said twice, so it gives way as the video arrives.
             Image(
                 painter = painterResource(R.drawable.emby_logo),
                 contentDescription = "Memby",
@@ -588,11 +651,11 @@ private fun MembyLoadingScreen(quoteStyle: String? = null) {
                     .graphicsLayer {
                         scaleX = pulse
                         scaleY = pulse
-                        alpha = 0.82f + (glow * 0.18f)
+                        alpha = (0.82f + (glow * 0.18f)) * (1f - prerollAlpha)
                     },
             )
             Text(
-                "Opening Memby…",
+                headline,
                 color = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.88f),
                 fontSize = 17.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
@@ -678,8 +741,8 @@ internal fun FirstRunScreen(onGetStarted: () -> Unit) {
             .background(
                 Brush.linearGradient(
                     colors = listOf(
-                        Color(0xFF0A0E11),
-                        Color(0xFF101A17),
+                        MembySurface,
+                        MembySplashTint,
                         MembySurface,
                     ),
                 ),
@@ -714,7 +777,7 @@ internal fun FirstRunScreen(onGetStarted: () -> Unit) {
             ) {
                 Text(
                     "MEMBY",
-                    color = Color(0xFF69CD61),
+                    color = MembyAccentBright,
                     fontSize = 14.sp,
                     fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
                     letterSpacing = 2.sp,
@@ -730,7 +793,7 @@ internal fun FirstRunScreen(onGetStarted: () -> Unit) {
                 )
                 Text(
                     "Enter your username & password on the next screen. Ensure to allow permissions for app updates.",
-                    color = Color(0xFFB8C0C6),
+                    color = MembyMutedText,
                     fontSize = 20.sp,
                     lineHeight = 29.sp,
                 )
@@ -957,7 +1020,7 @@ private fun ProfileChooser(
                     switchingProfileId != null -> "Switching profile…"
                     else -> "Choose a profile to continue"
                 },
-                color = Color(0xFFAAB1B7),
+                color = MembyQuietText,
                 fontSize = 17.sp,
                 modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 8.dp, bottom = 30.dp),
             )
@@ -1129,7 +1192,7 @@ private fun RecommendationOnboardingScreen(
             .fillMaxSize()
             .background(
                 Brush.radialGradient(
-                    listOf(Color(0xFF193423), Color(0xFF0C1212), Color(0xFF07090B)),
+                    listOf(MembySplashTint, MembySurfaceRaised, MembySurface),
                     center = Offset(260f, 180f),
                     radius = 1_500f,
                 ),
@@ -1142,7 +1205,7 @@ private fun RecommendationOnboardingScreen(
         ) {
             Row(Modifier.fillMaxWidth(), verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
                 Column(Modifier.weight(1f)) {
-                    Text("TUNE YOUR TASTE", color = Color(0xFF78D970), fontSize = 13.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
+                    Text("TUNE YOUR TASTE", color = MembyAccentBright, fontSize = 13.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
                     Text("Make Memby yours", color = Color.White, fontSize = 34.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
                 }
                 Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(7.dp)) {
@@ -1152,7 +1215,7 @@ private fun RecommendationOnboardingScreen(
                                 .width(if (index == stageIndex) 34.dp else 12.dp)
                                 .height(5.dp)
                                 .clip(CircleShape)
-                                .background(if (index <= stageIndex) Color(0xFF63C85B) else Color(0xFF394047)),
+                                .background(if (index <= stageIndex) MembyAccentBright else MembyControlSurfaceRaised),
                         )
                     }
                 }
@@ -1172,12 +1235,12 @@ private fun RecommendationOnboardingScreen(
             )
             Text(
                 "Select as many as you like, or skip this step. Every choice gives your recommendations a stronger starting point.",
-                color = Color(0xFFB8C2C9), fontSize = 16.sp,
+                color = MembyMutedText, fontSize = 16.sp,
             )
             Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
             if (stage == null) {
                 Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
-                Text("Your library is still being prepared. You can start watching now and Memby will learn as you go.", color = Color(0xFFB8C2C9))
+                Text("Your library is still being prepared. You can start watching now and Memby will learn as you go.", color = MembyMutedText)
                 Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
             } else {
                 when (stage) {
@@ -1202,7 +1265,7 @@ private fun RecommendationOnboardingScreen(
             Row(Modifier.fillMaxWidth(), verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
                 Text(
                     "${ratings.count { it.value >= 4 } + selectedActors.count { it.value } + selectedActresses.count { it.value } + selectedDirectors.count { it.value }} selected",
-                    color = Color(0xFF9DA8B0), fontSize = 14.sp, modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
+                    color = MembyQuietText, fontSize = 14.sp, modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
                 )
                 error?.let { Text(it, color = Color(0xFFFF7777), fontSize = 14.sp, modifier = Modifier.padding(end = 16.dp)) }
                 if (stageIndex > 0) {
@@ -1271,7 +1334,7 @@ private fun OnboardingSkipConfirmation(
         Column(
             modifier = Modifier
                 .width(480.dp)
-                .background(Color(0xFF20262B), RoundedCornerShape(18.dp))
+                .background(MembyControlSurface, RoundedCornerShape(18.dp))
                 .padding(32.dp),
             horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
             verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(18.dp),
@@ -1284,7 +1347,7 @@ private fun OnboardingSkipConfirmation(
             )
             Text(
                 "You can start watching now. Memby may offer these choices again later.",
-                color = Color(0xFFBCC4CA),
+                color = MembyMutedText,
                 fontSize = 16.sp,
                 textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
             )
@@ -1342,18 +1405,18 @@ private fun OnboardingTitleRow(
                         Modifier
                             .width(148.dp).height(222.dp)
                             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(12.dp))
-                            .background(Color(0xFF20272C))
-                            .border(if (focused || selected) 3.dp else 1.dp, if (selected) Color(0xFF63C85B) else if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFF465058), RoundedCornerShape(12.dp)),
+                            .background(MembyControlSurface)
+                            .border(if (focused || selected) 3.dp else 1.dp, if (selected) MembyAccentBright else if (focused) Color.White else MembyOutline, RoundedCornerShape(12.dp)),
                     ) {
                         if (previewArtwork != null) {
                             Image(bitmap = previewArtwork, contentDescription = null, contentScale = ContentScale.Crop, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize())
                         } else {
                             AsyncImage(model = repo.primaryUrl(item, 320), contentDescription = null, contentScale = ContentScale.Crop, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize())
                         }
-                        if (selected) Text("✓  PICKED", color = Color.White, fontSize = 11.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold, modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.TopEnd).padding(8.dp).background(Color(0xE852B54B), CircleShape).padding(horizontal = 9.dp, vertical = 5.dp))
+                        if (selected) Text("✓  PICKED", color = Color.White, fontSize = 11.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold, modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.TopEnd).padding(8.dp).background(MembyAccent.copy(alpha = 0.91f), CircleShape).padding(horizontal = 9.dp, vertical = 5.dp))
                     }
                     Text(item.name, color = Color.White, fontSize = 14.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium, maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
-                    Text(listOfNotNull(item.productionYear?.toString(), item.genres.firstOrNull()).joinToString(" · "), color = Color(0xFFAEB7BF), fontSize = 11.sp, maxLines = 1)
+                    Text(listOfNotNull(item.productionYear?.toString(), item.genres.firstOrNull()).joinToString(" · "), color = MembyQuietText, fontSize = 11.sp, maxLines = 1)
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1383,8 +1446,8 @@ private fun OnboardingPeopleRow(
             ) { focused ->
                 Column(horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally, verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp)) {
                     Box(
-                        Modifier.size(148.dp).clip(CircleShape).background(Color(0xFF25322C))
-                            .border(if (focused || selected) 4.dp else 1.dp, if (selected) Color(0xFF63C85B) else if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFF465058), CircleShape),
+                        Modifier.size(148.dp).clip(CircleShape).background(MembyAccentMuted)
+                            .border(if (focused || selected) 4.dp else 1.dp, if (selected) MembyAccentBright else if (focused) Color.White else MembyOutline, CircleShape),
                         contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
                     ) {
                         if (previewArtwork != null) {
@@ -1392,7 +1455,7 @@ private fun OnboardingPeopleRow(
                         } else if (person.id.isNotBlank() && person.imageTag.isNotBlank()) {
                             AsyncImage(model = repo.posterUrl(person.id, person.imageTag, 280), contentDescription = null, contentScale = ContentScale.Crop, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize())
                         } else {
-                            Text(person.name.take(1).uppercase(), color = Color(0xFFD5E8D7), fontSize = 46.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Light)
+                            Text(person.name.take(1).uppercase(), color = MembyOnSurface, fontSize = 46.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Light)
                         }
                         if (selected) Text("✓", color = Color.White, fontSize = 17.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold, modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.BottomEnd).background(MembyAccent, CircleShape).padding(horizontal = 9.dp, vertical = 5.dp))
                     }
@@ -1466,9 +1529,9 @@ private fun ProfileDeleteButton(
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(9.dp))
             .background(
                 when {
-                    !enabled -> Color(0xFF343A3F)
+                    !enabled -> MembyControlSurfaceRaised
                     focused -> Color(0xFFE34B4B)
-                    else -> Color(0xE61A1D20)
+                    else -> MembyControlSurface.copy(alpha = 0.90f)
                 },
             )
             .border(
@@ -1484,7 +1547,7 @@ private fun ProfileDeleteButton(
     ) {
         Text(
             text = "Remove user",
-            color = if (enabled) Color.White else Color(0xFF899198),
+            color = if (enabled) Color.White else MembyDisabledText,
             fontSize = 12.sp,
             fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
         )
@@ -1511,7 +1574,7 @@ private fun ProfileRemovalConfirmation(
         Column(
             modifier = Modifier
                 .width(460.dp)
-                .background(Color(0xFF20262B), RoundedCornerShape(18.dp))
+                .background(MembyControlSurface, RoundedCornerShape(18.dp))
                 .padding(32.dp),
             horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
             verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(18.dp),
@@ -1524,7 +1587,7 @@ private fun ProfileRemovalConfirmation(
             )
             Text(
                 "Their saved sign-in will be forgotten on this device.",
-                color = Color(0xFFBCC4CA),
+                color = MembyMutedText,
                 fontSize = 16.sp,
             )
             Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp)) {
@@ -1575,10 +1638,10 @@ private fun ProfileTile(
                 modifier = Modifier
                     .size(112.dp)
                     .clip(CircleShape)
-                    .background(if (focused) Color(0xFF5BC653) else Color(0xFF30373D))
+                    .background(if (focused) MembyAccent else MembyControlSurfaceRaised)
                     .border(
                         width = if (current) 4.dp else if (focused) 3.dp else 1.dp,
-                        color = if (current) MembyAccent else if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFF5B646C),
+                        color = if (current) MembyAccent else if (focused) Color.White else MembyDisabledText,
                         shape = CircleShape,
                     ),
                 contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
@@ -1587,7 +1650,7 @@ private fun ProfileTile(
             }
             Text(
                 name,
-                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFD0D4D7),
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else MembyMutedText,
                 fontSize = 16.sp,
                 fontWeight = if (focused || current) FontWeight.SemiBold else FontWeight.Medium,
                 maxLines = 2,
@@ -1595,7 +1658,7 @@ private fun ProfileTile(
                 modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 12.dp),
             )
             if (current) {
-                Text("Current", color = Color(0xFF73D56C), fontSize = 13.sp, modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 3.dp))
+                Text("Current", color = MembyAccentBright, fontSize = 13.sp, modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 3.dp))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -2202,7 +2265,7 @@ private fun HomeScreen(
                             // The gateway's maintenance notice when it sent one, and the
                             // generic wording otherwise.
                             homeStatus.statusMessage ?: "Connection is slow — showing available content",
-                            color = Color(0xFFD1D5D8),
+                            color = MembyMutedText,
                             fontSize = 14.sp,
                             modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 36.dp, vertical = 4.dp),
                         )
@@ -2905,7 +2968,7 @@ private fun PlaybackLaunchOverlay(item: BaseItem, modifier: Modifier = Modifier)
         label = "playback-logo-rotation",
     )
     Box(
-        modifier = modifier.background(Color(0xEE050708)),
+        modifier = modifier.background(MembySurface.copy(alpha = 0.93f)),
         contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
     ) {
         Column(
@@ -2931,7 +2994,7 @@ private fun PlaybackLaunchOverlay(item: BaseItem, modifier: Modifier = Modifier)
             )
             Text(
                 "Preparing direct playback…",
-                color = Color(0xFF9FA7AD),
+                color = MembyQuietText,
                 fontSize = 14.sp,
             )
         }
@@ -2958,14 +3021,14 @@ private fun RecentSearchesRow(
             Spacer(Modifier.width(HomeRowHeaderIconGap))
             Text(
                 "Recent searches",
-                color = Color(0xFFF1F3F4),
+                color = MembyOnSurface,
                 fontSize = 20.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
             )
             Spacer(Modifier.width(10.dp))
             Text(
                 "LAST 30 DAYS",
-                color = Color(0xFFAEB7BF),
+                color = MembyQuietText,
                 fontSize = 10.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
             )
@@ -2996,13 +3059,13 @@ private fun RecentSearchesRow(
                 ) { focused ->
                     Text(
                         query,
-                        color = if (focused) Color(0xFF06240A) else Color(0xFFE8EDF1),
+                        color = if (focused) MembyAccentInk else MembyOnSurface,
                         fontSize = 14.sp,
                         fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
                         maxLines = 1,
                         modifier = Modifier
                             .background(
-                                if (focused) MembyAccent else Color(0xFF1A2129),
+                                if (focused) MembyAccent else MembyControlSurface,
                             )
                             .padding(horizontal = 17.dp, vertical = 10.dp),
                     )
@@ -3049,7 +3112,7 @@ private fun HomeClock(
             Row(
                 modifier = Modifier
                     .clip(RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
-                    .background(Color(0xB30A0D10))
+                    .background(MembySurface.copy(alpha = 0.70f))
                     .padding(horizontal = 12.dp, vertical = 7.dp),
                 verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
             ) {
@@ -3080,7 +3143,7 @@ private fun HomeClock(
             fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
             modifier = Modifier
                 .clip(RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
-                .background(Color(0xB30A0D10))
+                .background(MembySurface.copy(alpha = 0.70f))
                 .padding(horizontal = 12.dp, vertical = 7.dp),
         )
     }
@@ -3572,7 +3635,7 @@ private fun ForYouTimeBudget(
     ) {
         Text(
             "How much time do you have?",
-            color = Color(0xFFD0D6DB),
+            color = MembyMutedText,
             fontSize = 15.sp,
             fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
         )
@@ -3611,9 +3674,9 @@ private fun ForYouNudgeBanner(
                 .height(92.dp)
                 .background(
                     Brush.horizontalGradient(
-                        0f to Color(0xFF0D1512),
-                        0.62f to Color(0xF20D1512),
-                        1f to Color(0xE0121A20),
+                        0f to MembySplashTint,
+                        0.62f to MembySplashTint.copy(alpha = 0.95f),
+                        1f to MembySurfaceRaised.copy(alpha = 0.88f),
                     ),
                 )
                 // Keep copy inside television overscan and clear of the collapsed rail.
@@ -3630,7 +3693,7 @@ private fun ForYouNudgeBanner(
             Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(3.dp)) {
                 Text(
                     "FOR YOU",
-                    color = Color(0xFF79D672),
+                    color = MembyAccentBright,
                     fontSize = 13.sp,
                     fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
                     letterSpacing = 1.4.sp,
@@ -3641,7 +3704,7 @@ private fun ForYouNudgeBanner(
                     } else {
                         "$name, your personalised picks are ready"
                     },
-                    color = Color(0xFFF3F6F4),
+                    color = MembyOnSurface,
                     fontSize = 21.sp,
                     fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
                     maxLines = 1,
@@ -3649,7 +3712,7 @@ private fun ForYouNudgeBanner(
                 )
                 Text(
                     "Open For You from the menu and choose how much time you have.",
-                    color = Color(0xFFC7D0CB),
+                    color = MembyMutedText,
                     fontSize = 15.sp,
                     maxLines = 1,
                     overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
@@ -3690,7 +3753,7 @@ internal fun personalisedFavouritesTitle(username: String?): String {
 private fun HeaderAction(label: String, onClick: () -> Unit) {
     var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
     val textColor by animateColorAsState(
-        targetValue = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFB8BEC3),
+        targetValue = if (focused) Color.White else MembyMutedText,
         animationSpec = tween(100),
         label = "header-action-text",
     )
@@ -3723,7 +3786,7 @@ private fun FavoriteCard(item: BaseItem, onClick: () -> Unit) {
     val imageUrl = repo.backdropUrl(item, maxWidth = 640) ?: repo.primaryUrl(item)
     Card(onClick = onClick, modifier = Modifier.width(320.dp)) {
         Column {
-            Box(Modifier.width(320.dp).height(180.dp).background(Color(0xFF1A2027))) {
+            Box(Modifier.width(320.dp).height(180.dp).background(MembyControlSurface)) {
                 if (imageUrl != null) {
                     AsyncImage(
                         model = imageUrl,
@@ -3760,12 +3823,12 @@ internal fun TvTextField(
 ) {
     var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
     val borderColor by animateColorAsState(
-        targetValue = if (focused) Color(0xFF69CD61) else Color(0xFF3A424B),
+        targetValue = if (focused) MembyAccentBright else MembyOutline,
         animationSpec = tween(120),
         label = "login-field-border",
     )
     val backgroundColor by animateColorAsState(
-        targetValue = if (focused) Color(0xFF243129) else Color(0xFF161B21),
+        targetValue = if (focused) MembyAccentMuted else MembySurfaceRaised,
         animationSpec = tween(120),
         label = "login-field-background",
     )
@@ -3775,7 +3838,7 @@ internal fun TvTextField(
     ) {
         Text(
             text = if (focused) "$label — selected" else label,
-            color = if (focused) Color(0xFF8DE185) else Color(0xFF9AA3AC),
+            color = if (focused) MembyAccentBright else MembyQuietText,
             fontSize = 15.sp,
             fontWeight = if (focused) FontWeight.Bold else FontWeight.Medium,
         )
@@ -3791,7 +3854,7 @@ internal fun TvTextField(
                 onValueChange = onValueChange,
                 singleLine = true,
                 textStyle = TextStyle(color = Color.White, fontSize = 20.sp),
-                cursorBrush = SolidColor(Color(0xFF69CD61)),
+                cursorBrush = SolidColor(MembyAccentBright),
                 visualTransformation = if (isPassword) PasswordVisualTransformation() else VisualTransformation.None,
                 keyboardOptions = KeyboardOptions(
                     keyboardType = if (isPassword) KeyboardType.Password else keyboardType,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt
index 3f029ef..cf0778f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloatAsState
 import androidx.compose.animation.core.infiniteRepeatable
 import androidx.compose.animation.core.rememberInfiniteTransition
 import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Canvas
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.border
-import androidx.compose.foundation.Canvas
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.focusable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.interaction.MutableInteractionSource
@@ -54,13 +54,21 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
 import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
 import androidx.tv.material3.Text
-import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentInk
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySplashTint
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 
 private val MaintenanceAccent: Color get() = MembyAccent
-private val MaintenanceTitle = Color(0xFFF2F5F7)
-private val MaintenanceBody = Color(0xFFAEB7BF)
-private val MaintenanceFaint = Color(0xFFA2ADB5)
+private val MaintenanceTitle: Color get() = MembyOnSurface
+private val MaintenanceBody: Color get() = MembyMutedText
+private val MaintenanceFaint: Color get() = MembyQuietText
 
 /** How long between automatic retries while the gateway is down. */
 private const val RETRY_SECONDS = 30
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@ private fun MaintenanceBackdrop(glow: Float) {
     Canvas(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
         drawRect(
             brush = Brush.verticalGradient(
-                listOf(Color(0xFF0B0F14), Color(0xFF121A22), Color(0xFF0A0D11)),
+                listOf(MembySurface, MembySplashTint, MembySurface),
             ),
         )
         val centre = Offset(
@@ -273,7 +281,7 @@ private fun PulsingEmblem(pulse: Float, gearRotation: Float) {
             modifier = Modifier
                 .size(96.dp)
                 .clip(CircleShape)
-                .background(Color(0xFF16202A))
+                .background(MembySurfaceRaised)
                 .border(1.dp, MaintenanceAccent.copy(alpha = 0.35f), CircleShape),
             contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
         ) {
@@ -333,7 +341,7 @@ private fun RetryButton(onClick: () -> Unit, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
         modifier = modifier
             .graphicsLayer { scaleX = scale; scaleY = scale }
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(10.dp))
-            .background(if (focused) MaintenanceAccent else Color(0xFF1E2833))
+            .background(if (focused) MaintenanceAccent else MembyControlSurface)
             .border(
                 width = if (focused) 0.dp else 1.dp,
                 color = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.12f),
@@ -346,7 +354,7 @@ private fun RetryButton(onClick: () -> Unit, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
     ) {
         Text(
             "Try again",
-            color = if (focused) Color(0xFF06240A) else MaintenanceTitle,
+            color = if (focused) MembyAccentInk else MaintenanceTitle,
             fontSize = 16.sp,
             fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
         )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MyShowsNotifications.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MyShowsNotifications.kt
index 528fa87..078a04c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MyShowsNotifications.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MyShowsNotifications.kt
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ import androidx.tv.material3.Text
 import coil.compose.AsyncImage
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.EmbyRepository
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.MyShow
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
 import java.time.Instant
 import java.time.ZoneId
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
 
 @Composable
 internal fun MyShowsStrip(
@@ -68,14 +71,14 @@ internal fun MyShowsStrip(
             Spacer(Modifier.width(HomeRowHeaderIconGap))
             Text(
                 "My Shows",
-                color = Color(0xFFF1F3F4),
+                color = MembyOnSurface,
                 fontSize = 20.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
             )
             if (shows.isNotEmpty()) {
                 Text(
                     shows.size.toString(),
-                    color = Color(0xFFAEB7BF),
+                    color = MembyQuietText,
                     fontSize = 12.sp,
                     fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
                     modifier = Modifier
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ internal fun MyShowsStrip(
         if (shows.isEmpty()) {
             Text(
                 "Open any series and choose “Add to My Shows”.",
-                color = Color(0xFFAEB7BF),
+                color = MembyQuietText,
                 fontSize = 14.sp,
                 modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 36.dp, vertical = 18.dp),
             )
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ private fun MyShowCard(
             }
             Text(
                 show.title,
-                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFE1E5E8),
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else MembyOnSurface,
                 fontSize = 14.sp,
                 fontWeight = if (focused) FontWeight.Bold else FontWeight.SemiBold,
                 maxLines = 1,
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ private fun MyShowCard(
             )
             Text(
                 myShowCardSubtitle(show),
-                color = Color(0xFFAEB7BF),
+                color = MembyQuietText,
                 fontSize = 12.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
                 maxLines = 1,
@@ -234,13 +237,13 @@ internal fun MyShowDetailsOverlay(
     onClose: () -> Unit,
 ) {
     Box(
-        Modifier.fillMaxSize().zIndex(8f).background(Color(0xF5090B0D)),
+        Modifier.fillMaxSize().zIndex(8f).background(MembySurface.copy(alpha = 0.96f)),
         contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
     ) {
         Row(
             modifier = Modifier
                 .fillMaxWidth(0.72f)
-                .background(Color(0xFF151A1E), RoundedCornerShape(20.dp))
+                .background(MembySurfaceRaised, RoundedCornerShape(20.dp))
                 .padding(34.dp),
             horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(30.dp),
             verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ internal fun MyShowDetailsOverlay(
 @Composable
 private fun StatusLine(label: String, value: String) {
     Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)) {
-        Text("$label:", color = Color(0xFFAEB7BF), fontSize = 16.sp)
+        Text("$label:", color = MembyQuietText, fontSize = 16.sp)
         Text(value, color = Color.White, fontSize = 16.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/SeriesDetailsOverlay.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/SeriesDetailsOverlay.kt
index d6434e0..a81d8af 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/SeriesDetailsOverlay.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/SeriesDetailsOverlay.kt
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
-import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxHeight
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
-import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListState
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListState
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyRow
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.items
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.itemsIndexed
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.seasonLabel
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.seriesEpisodeComparator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.technicalSpecs
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.unwatchedCount
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
 import java.util.TimeZone
 
 /**
@@ -550,7 +554,7 @@ internal fun EpisodeCard(
             .clip(shape)
             .background(
                 when {
-                    focused -> Color(0xFF23282C)
+                    focused -> MembyControlSurface
                     isCurrent -> DetailAccent.copy(alpha = 0.10f)
                     else -> Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.035f)
                 },
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ internal fun EpisodeCard(
                 .width(208.dp)
                 .fillMaxHeight()
                 .clip(RoundedCornerShape(6.dp))
-                .background(Color(0xFF15181C)),
+                .background(MembySurfaceRaised),
         ) {
             AsyncImage(
                 model = imageUrl,
@@ -645,7 +649,7 @@ internal fun EpisodeCard(
                 episode.indexNumber?.let {
                     Text(
                         text = "$it.",
-                        color = if (focused) Color(0xFFB7C0C6) else DetailQuietText,
+                        color = if (focused) MembyMutedText else DetailQuietText,
                         fontSize = 15.sp,
                         fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
                         modifier = Modifier.padding(end = 7.dp),
@@ -677,7 +681,7 @@ internal fun EpisodeCard(
                 formatAirDate(episode.premiereDate)?.let {
                     Text(
                         text = it,
-                        color = if (focused) Color(0xFFB7C0C6) else DetailQuietText,
+                        color = if (focused) MembyMutedText else DetailQuietText,
                         fontSize = 12.sp,
                         maxLines = 1,
                         modifier = Modifier.padding(start = 12.dp),
@@ -686,7 +690,7 @@ internal fun EpisodeCard(
                 episode.runtimeMinutes?.let {
                     Text(
                         text = "$it min",
-                        color = if (focused) Color(0xFFE4E8EA) else DetailText,
+                        color = if (focused) MembyOnSurface else DetailText,
                         fontSize = 13.sp,
                         fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
                         modifier = Modifier
@@ -703,7 +707,7 @@ internal fun EpisodeCard(
             Spacer(Modifier.height(7.dp))
             Text(
                 text = episode.overview?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: "No plot summary available.",
-                color = if (focused) Color(0xFFC4CBD0) else DetailMutedText,
+                color = if (focused) MembyMutedText else DetailMutedText,
                 fontSize = 13.sp,
                 lineHeight = 18.sp,
                 maxLines = 3,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/UpdateScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/UpdateScreen.kt
index 5a460fe..e100ce4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/UpdateScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/UpdateScreen.kt
@@ -61,17 +61,24 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LocalLifecycleOwner
 import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
 import androidx.tv.material3.Text
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayUpdate
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentInk
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurfaceRaised
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.AppInstall
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.InstallPermissionRequiredException
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.UpdateChecker
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
 
 private val UpdateAccent: Color get() = MembyAccent
-private val UpdateTitle = Color(0xFFF2F5F7)
-private val UpdateBody = Color(0xFFAEB7BF)
-private val UpdateFaint = Color(0xFFA2ADB5)
+private val UpdateTitle: Color get() = MembyOnSurface
+private val UpdateBody: Color get() = MembyMutedText
+private val UpdateFaint: Color get() = MembyQuietText
 
 /**
  * The app-level update gate. AppRoot composes this instead of login, profiles, or Home,
@@ -209,7 +216,7 @@ fun UpdateScreen(
                     .size(92.dp)
                     .graphicsLayer { translationY = -6.dp.toPx() * bob }
                     .clip(CircleShape)
-                    .background(Color(0xFF16202A))
+                    .background(MembySurfaceRaised)
                     .border(1.dp, UpdateAccent.copy(alpha = 0.4f), CircleShape),
                 contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
             ) {
@@ -339,9 +346,9 @@ internal fun UpdateButton(
             .background(
                 when {
                     focused && primary -> UpdateAccent
-                    focused -> Color(0xFF2A343F)
-                    primary -> Color(0xFF2C6A29)
-                    else -> Color(0xFF1E2833)
+                    focused -> MembyControlSurfaceRaised
+                    primary -> MembyAccent.copy(alpha = 0.55f)
+                    else -> MembyControlSurface
                 },
             )
             .border(
@@ -375,7 +382,7 @@ internal fun UpdateButton(
     ) {
         Text(
             label,
-            color = if (focused && primary) Color(0xFF06240A) else UpdateTitle,
+            color = if (focused && primary) MembyAccentInk else UpdateTitle,
             fontSize = 16.sp,
             fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
         )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotes.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotes.kt
index 2ea9713..57db2cd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotes.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotes.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ internal enum class WelcomeQuoteStyle(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * What Memby says while it is opening.
+ *
+ * These are read far more often than anything else the app writes — the loading screen is
+ * the one thing every launch shows, and the pre-roll shows one too. Five lines per tone
+ * meant a household saw the same sentence roughly every fifth time they switched the
+ * television on, which is how a line written to be a small pleasure becomes wallpaper. The
+ * pools are deliberately deep enough that a repeat inside a week is unlikely rather than
+ * guaranteed.
+ *
+ * Every line has to survive being read for the hundredth time, so they lean on observation
+ * rather than on a joke with a punchline. Two lengths are avoided on purpose: nothing so
+ * short it reads as a status message, and nothing so long it wraps past the two lines the
+ * loading screen gives it at 13sp across 440dp.
+ */
 private val WelcomeQuotes = mapOf(
     WelcomeQuoteStyle.NEUTRAL to listOf(
         "The sofa has been expecting you.",
@@ -24,6 +39,26 @@ private val WelcomeQuotes = mapOf(
         "Everything is ready. Decision-making is now your problem.",
         "Welcome back. The pixels have been briefed.",
         "No judgement. Even if you pick that again.",
+        "Warming up the good recommendations first.",
+        "The remote is charged. Probably.",
+        "Somewhere in here is exactly what you wanted.",
+        "Rounding up everything you left half-finished.",
+        "The library has been counted. Twice.",
+        "Nothing has been deleted. You just scrolled past it.",
+        "Assembling rows in a sensible order.",
+        "Your unwatched pile sends its regards.",
+        "Straightening the posters.",
+        "Checking what the server has been up to.",
+        "One moment — putting the good stuff at the front.",
+        "Everything is where you left it.",
+        "The credits from last night have finally stopped.",
+        "Dusting off the shelves you never visit.",
+        "Two hours is a perfectly reasonable evening.",
+        "Sorting the maybes from the definitelys.",
+        "The subtitles are already lined up.",
+        "Looking for the thing you meant to watch.",
+        "Quietly ignoring the films you skipped.",
+        "Almost there. Choose wisely, or don't.",
     ),
     WelcomeQuoteStyle.POSITIVE to listOf(
         "Excellent choice showing up. The rest should be easy.",
@@ -31,6 +66,26 @@ private val WelcomeQuotes = mapOf(
         "Tonight has strong main-character energy.",
         "Your next favourite thing might be one click away.",
         "Settle in. You’ve earned the good seat.",
+        "This is going to be a great one. It usually is.",
+        "The lighting in here is perfect for you.",
+        "Whatever you pick, it was the right call.",
+        "Good taste detected. Loading accordingly.",
+        "Somebody made something brilliant. Let's find it.",
+        "The best evenings start exactly like this.",
+        "You showed up, which is most of it.",
+        "Cracking night for it, honestly.",
+        "Every row in here was chosen with you in mind.",
+        "No wrong answers ahead. Only long ones.",
+        "Your patience is about to be very well rewarded.",
+        "The good chair, the good screen, the good hour.",
+        "Something wonderful is about to start.",
+        "Snacks optional. Enthusiasm clearly not.",
+        "You have excellent instincts. Trust them.",
+        "This is the part of the day that's yours.",
+        "Big feelings incoming. Bring tissues, maybe.",
+        "Warming up something worth staying awake for.",
+        "Nothing to do now but enjoy it.",
+        "You are going to love what's in here.",
     ),
     WelcomeQuoteStyle.HOMICIDAL to listOf(
         "Welcome back. I kept your spot. Nobody argued twice.",
@@ -38,9 +93,47 @@ private val WelcomeQuotes = mapOf(
         "The remote knows what it did.",
         "Your watchlist is safe. The witnesses, less so.",
         "Relax. Everything is under control, allegedly.",
+        "I tidied up. Do not ask about the shed.",
+        "The last person who paused mid-scene is unavailable.",
+        "Everything is fine. Ignore the sounds from the loft.",
+        "I've been counting the hours. All of them.",
+        "Nobody else is watching. I made sure.",
+        "The server confessed. Eventually.",
+        "Sit down. The credits can wait; I cannot.",
+        "I rewatched your history. All of it. Twice.",
+        "Somebody spoiled the ending. It has been handled.",
+        "Loading quietly, so nobody upstairs wakes.",
+        "You were gone eleven hours. I noticed.",
+        "The buffering was not an accident.",
+        "I saved the good episode. For reasons.",
+        "The neighbours asked what you were watching. Once.",
+        "Everything is exactly where I put it. Everything.",
+        "No spoilers. I removed the possibility.",
+        "Your unwatched films are being dealt with.",
+        "Do not choose a documentary. I am asking nicely.",
+        "The screensaver saw things. It won't talk.",
+        "Welcome home. Nobody followed you, probably.",
     ),
 )
 
+/**
+ * The line above the quote on the cold-start screen.
+ *
+ * Kept apart from the quotes rather than folded into them: this one names what the app is
+ * *doing*, so it has to stay a plain progress statement in every tone, and it is repeated on
+ * a screen where the ellipsis is the only thing promising the wait ends.
+ */
+private val LoadingHeadlines = listOf(
+    "Opening Memby…",
+    "Waking Memby up…",
+    "Getting things ready…",
+    "Fetching your library…",
+    "Setting the scene…",
+    "Tuning in…",
+    "Nearly there…",
+    "Rolling the shelves out…",
+)
+
 internal fun randomWelcomeQuote(
     styleValue: String?,
     random: Random = Random.Default,
@@ -49,6 +142,9 @@ internal fun randomWelcomeQuote(
     return quotes[random.nextInt(quotes.size)]
 }
 
+internal fun randomLoadingHeadline(random: Random = Random.Default): String =
+    LoadingHeadlines[random.nextInt(LoadingHeadlines.size)]
+
 internal fun loginWelcomeMessage(
     username: String,
     styleValue: String? = WelcomeQuoteStyle.NEUTRAL.value,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PrerollPreloader.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PrerollPreloader.kt
index 98980c1..7d333f9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PrerollPreloader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PrerollPreloader.kt
@@ -56,11 +56,26 @@ internal object PrerollPreloader {
         applicationContext = context.applicationContext
         val prepared = cachedPlayer
         cachedPlayer = null
-        if (prepared != null && prepared.playerError == null) return prepared
+        if (prepared != null && prepared.playerError == null) return prepared.normalised()
         prepared?.release()
         return createPreparedPlayer(context.applicationContext)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Hands the instance over in a known state.
+     *
+     * One player is passed between two callers that want different things of it — the
+     * launcher's cold-start screen mutes it and loops it, the player's pre-roll needs it
+     * audible and needs it to *end*, since `STATE_ENDED` is what hands over to the
+     * programme. A borrower left one of those set and the next playback would sit behind a
+     * silent clip that never finished. Normalising here rather than trusting each caller to
+     * put it back is the only version of that which cannot be forgotten.
+     */
+    private fun ExoPlayer.normalised(): ExoPlayer = apply {
+        volume = 1f
+        repeatMode = ExoPlayer.REPEAT_MODE_OFF
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a healthy player to the process cache without holding a second decoder while
      * the requested programme is playing. [start] prepares it again when Home next opens.
@@ -76,8 +91,13 @@ internal object PrerollPreloader {
         player.pause()
         player.stop()
         player.seekTo(0L)
+        player.normalised()
         cachedPlayer?.release()
         cachedPlayer = player
+        // Stopping the player leaves it idle, so the next borrower would pay for the local
+        // resource read itself. Re-arm the idle prepare here rather than depending on the
+        // caller to remember: the launcher is not the only thing that returns one now.
+        scheduleAtMainQueueIdle()
     }
 
     /** Drops a failed or otherwise unusable instance; the next Home/start call replaces it. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
index b52b14d..1f8f8c2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloat
 import androidx.compose.animation.core.infiniteRepeatable
 import androidx.compose.animation.core.rememberInfiniteTransition
 import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.border
-import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxWithConstraints
@@ -30,29 +30,29 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyRow
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.grid.GridCells
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.grid.GridItemSpan
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.grid.LazyVerticalGrid
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.grid.itemsIndexed
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.grid.rememberLazyGridState
-import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyRow
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.itemsIndexed as rowItemsIndexed
 import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.automirrored.filled.ArrowBack
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.automirrored.filled.Backspace
-import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Close
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Add
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.AutoAwesome
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.CheckCircle
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Close
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.LiveTv
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Mic
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Movie
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.PlayCircleFilled
-import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.SentimentVerySatisfied
-import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.TheaterComedy
-import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Mic
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Search
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.SentimentVerySatisfied
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.SpaceBar
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.TheaterComedy
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.ImageBitmap
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
-import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.KeyEventType
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.onPreviewKeyEvent
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.type
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.utf16CodePoint
+import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.contentDescription
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.viewModel
 import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
 import androidx.tv.material3.Text
-import coil.imageLoader
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
 import coil.compose.AsyncImage
+import coil.imageLoader
 import coil.request.ImageRequest
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
@@ -99,16 +98,22 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayRequestCandidate
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.FocusScaleContainer
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.PosterGridCard
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentInk
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentMuted
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurfaceRaised
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
 
 private val PaneBackground: Color get() = MembySurfaceRaised
-private val KeyIdle = Color(0xFF1A2129)
+private val KeyIdle: Color get() = MembyControlSurface
 private val KeyFocused: Color get() = MembyAccent
-private val KeyLabel = Color(0xFFE8EDF1)
-private val KeyLabelFocused = Color(0xFF06240A)
-private val Heading = Color(0xFFF2F5F7)
-private val Muted = Color(0xFFB7C0C8)
+private val KeyLabel: Color get() = MembyOnSurface
+private val KeyLabelFocused: Color get() = MembyAccentInk
+private val Heading: Color get() = MembyOnSurface
+private val Muted: Color get() = MembyMutedText
 private val Accent: Color get() = MembyAccent
 
 /**
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@ private fun QueryField(
         modifier = Modifier
             .fillMaxWidth()
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(10.dp))
-            .background(Color(0xFF151C23))
+            .background(MembySurfaceRaised)
             .border(1.dp, Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.10f), RoundedCornerShape(10.dp))
             .padding(horizontal = 12.dp, vertical = 9.dp),
         verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
@@ -922,7 +927,7 @@ private fun RequestOptions(
         modifier = modifier
             .fillMaxSize()
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(16.dp))
-            .background(Color(0xFF11171C))
+            .background(MembySurfaceRaised)
             .border(1.dp, Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.08f), RoundedCornerShape(16.dp))
             .padding(20.dp),
     ) {
@@ -1026,9 +1031,9 @@ private fun RequestCandidateCard(
                 .clip(RoundedCornerShape(12.dp))
                 .background(
                     when {
-                        focused -> Color(0xFF203228)
-                        candidate.alreadyAdded -> Color(0xFF17231C)
-                        else -> Color(0xFF1A2127)
+                        focused -> MembyAccentMuted
+                        candidate.alreadyAdded -> MembyAccentMuted
+                        else -> MembyControlSurface
                     },
                 )
                 .border(
@@ -1048,7 +1053,7 @@ private fun RequestCandidateCard(
                     .width(76.dp)
                     .fillMaxHeight()
                     .clip(RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
-                    .background(Color(0xFF0B0F12)),
+                    .background(MembySurface),
                 contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
             ) {
                 if (previewArtwork != null) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt
index 3aa9d6a..9b35c1c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
 import androidx.compose.foundation.rememberScrollState
 import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.CircleShape
 import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
-import androidx.compose.foundation.verticalScroll
 import androidx.compose.foundation.text.BasicTextField
+import androidx.compose.foundation.text.KeyboardActions
+import androidx.compose.foundation.text.KeyboardOptions
+import androidx.compose.foundation.verticalScroll
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.automirrored.filled.ArrowBack
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Devices
@@ -57,56 +59,62 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.drawBehind
-import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
-import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.FocusRequester
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusProperties
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.SolidColor
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.Key
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.KeyEventType
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.key
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.onPreviewKeyEvent
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.type
-import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
-import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.testTag
-import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.ImeAction
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
-import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
 import androidx.tv.material3.Button
+import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
 import androidx.tv.material3.Text
-import androidx.compose.foundation.text.KeyboardActions
-import androidx.compose.foundation.text.KeyboardOptions
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.R
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.DEFAULT_SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.DEFAULT_SKIP_INTRO_MODE
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.ImageCacheMaintenance
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.ImageCacheSize
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.formatCacheSize
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.DEFAULT_SKIP_INTRO_MODE
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.SKIP_INTRO_AUTO
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.SKIP_INTRO_OFF
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.SKIP_INTRO_PROMPT
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.Settings
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.parseThemeColor
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.formatCacheSize
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayDevice
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.parseThemeColor
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.PreviewSurface
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.TvPreview
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.WelcomeQuoteStyle
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentBright
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentInk
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyControlSurfaceRaised
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyQuietText
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.UpdateChecker
-import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.NonCancellable
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withTimeout
@@ -183,13 +191,13 @@ internal enum class SettingsPage(
 // viewer's own choice now — a picker offering an orange scheme with a green selected chip
 // would be showing them the wrong answer to the question they are being asked.
 private val EmbyGreen: Color get() = MembyAccent
-private val Canvas = Color(0xFF000000)
-private val Panel = Color(0xFF040506)
-private val RowFocused = Color(0xFF1B2228)
-private val ControlIdle = Color(0xFF1E252B)
-private val TextPrimary = Color(0xFFF2F5F7)
-private val TextSecondary = Color(0xFFAFB8BF)
-private val TextQuiet = Color(0xFF7C868E)
+private val Canvas: Color get() = MembySurface
+private val Panel: Color get() = MembySurface
+private val RowFocused: Color get() = MembyControlSurface
+private val ControlIdle: Color get() = MembyControlSurface
+private val TextPrimary: Color get() = MembyOnSurface
+private val TextSecondary: Color get() = MembyMutedText
+private val TextQuiet: Color get() = MembyQuietText
 private val Hairline = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.08f)
 private val RailEdge = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.10f)
 
@@ -1499,7 +1507,7 @@ private fun StatusToggle(checked: Boolean) {
                 .width(46.dp)
                 .height(25.dp)
                 .clip(CircleShape)
-                .background(if (checked) EmbyGreen else Color(0xFF394149))
+                .background(if (checked) EmbyGreen else MembyControlSurfaceRaised)
                 .padding(3.dp),
         ) {
             Box(
@@ -1507,7 +1515,7 @@ private fun StatusToggle(checked: Boolean) {
                     .align(if (checked) Alignment.CenterEnd else Alignment.CenterStart)
                     .size(19.dp)
                     .clip(CircleShape)
-                    .background(if (checked) Color(0xFF072108) else Color(0xFFCBD2D7)),
+                    .background(if (checked) MembyAccentInk else MembyOnSurface),
             )
         }
     }
@@ -1648,7 +1656,7 @@ private fun SettingsChoiceChip(
         }
         Text(
             option.label,
-            color = if (selected) Color(0xFF062307) else TextPrimary,
+            color = if (selected) MembyAccentInk else TextPrimary,
             fontSize = 12.sp,
             fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
         )
@@ -1686,7 +1694,7 @@ private fun SettingsActionRow(
         }
         Text(
             badge,
-            color = if (focused) Color(0xFF062307) else EmbyGreen,
+            color = if (focused) MembyAccentInk else EmbyGreen,
             fontSize = 10.sp,
             fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
             letterSpacing = 0.7.sp,
@@ -1702,7 +1710,7 @@ private fun SettingsActionRow(
 private fun SettingsNotice(text: String, positive: Boolean) {
     Text(
         text,
-        color = if (positive) Color(0xFF9DE29A) else Color(0xFFFF9B98),
+        color = if (positive) MembyAccentBright else Color(0xFFFF9B98),
         fontSize = 13.sp,
         fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
         modifier = Modifier
@@ -1802,7 +1810,7 @@ private fun ReleaseHistoryRow(
             }
             Text(
                 if (expanded) "HIDE" else "${release.changes.size} CHANGES",
-                color = if (focused) Color(0xFF062307) else EmbyGreen,
+                color = if (focused) MembyAccentInk else EmbyGreen,
                 fontSize = 10.sp,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
                 letterSpacing = 0.7.sp,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/DesignTokens.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/DesignTokens.kt
index 4cb674a..16a0947 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/DesignTokens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/DesignTokens.kt
@@ -103,6 +103,72 @@ val MembyHairline: Color get() = activePalette.hairline
 /** A quiet neutral capsule behind third-party ratings. */
 val MembyRatingsSurface: Color get() = activePalette.ratingsSurface
 
+// --- Derived colour ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// The eight slots above are what a theme *sends*. What the screens actually paint is a
+// wider vocabulary than that — a lighter accent for a label, a near-black ink for text on
+// an accent fill, three neutral steps for controls — and every one of those was a literal
+// hex typed into a screen. Which is why picking a colour scheme visibly changed almost
+// nothing: the palette reached the tokens and the tokens were not what most of the launcher
+// was drawn with.
+//
+// They are *derived* rather than added to the wire on purpose. A theme sends the decisions
+// (what is the surface, what is the accent) and the app works out the shades around them,
+// so a scheme invented on the gateway tomorrow arrives complete rather than half-applied —
+// which is the same reason the palette carries no radii.
+
+/** Mixes [other] into this colour by [fraction] (0 = unchanged, 1 = entirely [other]). */
+private fun Color.mix(other: Color, fraction: Float): Color {
+    val t = fraction.coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+    return Color(
+        red = red + (other.red - red) * t,
+        green = green + (other.green - green) * t,
+        blue = blue + (other.blue - blue) * t,
+        alpha = alpha,
+    )
+}
+
+private fun Color.lighten(fraction: Float): Color = mix(Color.White, fraction)
+
+private fun Color.darken(fraction: Float): Color = mix(Color.Black, fraction)
+
+/**
+ * The accent as a *label* — a step brighter than the fill, for accent-coloured text and
+ * icons sitting directly on [MembySurface]. The fill colour used as type is a shade too
+ * heavy at small sizes on a TV panel.
+ */
+val MembyAccentBright: Color get() = activePalette.accent.lighten(0.22f)
+
+/**
+ * Text and glyphs drawn *on* an accent fill: the accent's own hue taken almost to black, so
+ * a focused chip reads as one object rather than as white type on a coloured plate. Pure
+ * black would be the safe choice and is the flatter one.
+ */
+val MembyAccentInk: Color get() = activePalette.accent.darken(0.90f)
+
+/** A quiet accent wash for a plate that is *selected* rather than focused. */
+val MembyAccentMuted: Color get() = activePalette.surfaceRaised.mix(activePalette.accent, 0.20f)
+
+/**
+ * The three neutral steps between [MembySurfaceRaised] and the text on it: an unfocused
+ * control, the same control one step up, and the hairline border around it. Named by their
+ * job rather than by their lightness, so a light theme could invert them without every
+ * screen that uses one reading backwards.
+ */
+val MembyControlSurface: Color get() = activePalette.surfaceRaised.lighten(0.06f)
+val MembyControlSurfaceRaised: Color get() = activePalette.surfaceRaised.lighten(0.14f)
+val MembyOutline: Color get() = activePalette.surfaceRaised.lighten(0.24f)
+
+/** Copy on a control that cannot be pressed. Quiet text taken down, never grey-on-grey. */
+val MembyDisabledText: Color get() = activePalette.quietText.darken(0.42f)
+
+/**
+ * The wash a full-screen splash is drawn on: the surface with a breath of the accent in it,
+ * falling away to the surface itself. It is what makes the cold-start screen belong to the
+ * theme in force rather than being the one screen that is always Midnight green.
+ */
+val MembySplashTint: Color get() = activePalette.surface.mix(activePalette.accent, 0.12f)
+
 // --- Shape ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Three steps, largest last. Anything that needs a radius picks the nearest one rather
 // than inventing a fourth. Not themeable; see the note at the top of this file.
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotesTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotesTest.kt
index b11c2ab..d21ce2a 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotesTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/WelcomeQuotesTest.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@ class WelcomeQuotesTest {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The point of the pools is that a household does not read the same line every fifth
+     * launch, and a pool that quietly shrank back — or gained a duplicate on a copy-paste —
+     * would look identical to one that had not. Counted rather than eyeballed for that
+     * reason; the floor is deliberately below what is written, so adding a tone does not
+     * mean matching the longest list exactly.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun `every tone offers a deep pool of distinct lines`() {
+        WelcomeQuoteStyle.entries.forEach { style ->
+            val seen = (0 until 4_000)
+                .map { randomWelcomeQuote(style.value, Random(it)) }
+                .toSet()
+            assertTrue(
+                "${style.value} offers only ${seen.size} distinct lines",
+                seen.size >= 20,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `the loading headline varies and always says something`() {
+        val seen = (0 until 1_000).map { randomLoadingHeadline(Random(it)) }.toSet()
+        assertTrue("only ${seen.size} distinct headlines", seen.size >= 5)
+        assertTrue(seen.none { it.isBlank() })
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `login greeting trims the authenticated username`() {
         assertTrue(