diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 9ec8fcb..bd302a6 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -3313,7 +3313,7 @@ in
                                     ColorOverlay {
                                         anchors.fill: launchLogo
                                         source: launchLogo
-                                        color: Theme.accent
+                                        color: Theme.base05
                                     }
                                 }
 
@@ -4119,9 +4119,11 @@ in
                     anchors.horizontalCenter: barBgRect.horizontalCenter
                     spacing: 12
 
-                    // NixOS snowflake, flattened to the theme accent with the
-                    // same hidden-Image + ColorOverlay trick the tray uses
-                    // (no icon font ships a NixOS logo).
+                    // NixOS snowflake, flattened with the same hidden-Image +
+                    // ColorOverlay trick the tray uses (no icon font ships a
+                    // NixOS logo). base05, not the accent: it is a button in a
+                    // column of buttons, and accenting it made it the one loud
+                    // thing in the corner of the screen.
                     Item {
                         width: Theme.barWidth
                         height: 24
@@ -4141,7 +4143,7 @@ in
                         ColorOverlay {
                             anchors.fill: nixLogoImg
                             source: nixLogoImg
-                            color: Theme.accent
+                            color: Theme.base05
                         }
 
                         MouseArea {
@@ -4175,7 +4177,11 @@ in
                                     width: 6
                                     height: wsItem.modelData.focused ? 18 : 6
                                     radius: 3
-                                    color: wsItem.modelData.focused ? Theme.accent
+                                    // The focused pill is 18px against 6px, so
+                                    // focus is already unmistakable from shape
+                                    // alone — colouring it too made the switcher
+                                    // the second loud thing up here.
+                                    color: wsItem.modelData.focused ? Theme.base05
                                         : wsMa.containsMouse ? Theme.base04 : Theme.base03
                                     Behavior on height {
                                         NumberAnimation { duration: 200; easing.type: Easing.OutExpo }