diff --git a/settings/stylix.nix b/settings/stylix.nix
index 4e5ce11..a453826 100644
--- a/settings/stylix.nix
+++ b/settings/stylix.nix
@@ -58,14 +58,27 @@
         b = hexByte (builtins.substring 4 2 h);
       };
 
-      # papirus-folders named palette → representative hex values.
+      # papirus-folders palette → the front-face fill of each
+      # folder-<color>.svg, read out of the icons themselves.
+      #
+      # NOT the Material Design values the names imply. Papirus paints the
+      # front panel a good deal lighter than its own colour name: nordic's
+      # face is 81a1c1, while 5e81ac is only the small back flap behind it.
+      # Matching a teal accent against the nominal values is what made these
+      # folders come out blue — the real darkcyan is 17x closer than nordic,
+      # the nominal one wasn't.
+      #
+      # Every key here is a variant that actually ships (there is no
+      # "palegreen"; a name with no folder-<name>-*.svg files silently
+      # recolours nothing).
       pfPalette = {
-        adwaita="3584e4"; black="000000"; bluegrey="607d8b"; breeze="1d99f3";
-        brown="795548"; cyan="00bcd4"; darkcyan="00838f"; deeporange="ff5722";
-        green="4caf50"; grey="9e9e9e"; indigo="3f51b5"; magenta="e91e63";
-        nordic="5e81ac"; orange="ff9800"; palebrown="a1887f"; palegreen="8bc34a";
-        pink="f06292"; red="f44336"; teal="009688"; violet="9c27b0";
-        white="ffffff"; yellow="ffeb3b";
+        adwaita="93c0ea"; black="4f4f4f"; blue="5294e2"; bluegrey="607d8b";
+        breeze="57b8ec"; brown="ae8e6c"; carmine="a30002"; cyan="00bcd4";
+        darkcyan="45abb7"; deeporange="eb6637"; green="87b158"; grey="8e8e8e";
+        indigo="5c6bc0"; magenta="ca71df"; nordic="81a1c1"; orange="ee923a";
+        palebrown="d1bfae"; paleorange="eeca8f"; pink="f06292"; red="e25252";
+        teal="16a085"; violet="7e57c2"; white="e4e4e4"; yaru="676767";
+        yellow="f9bd30";
       };
 
       # Closest papirus-folders color to stylix's accent (base0D), chosen at