diff --git a/src/editor/core/colorSchemeRuntime.ts b/src/editor/core/colorSchemeRuntime.ts
index d6aa7221..41e3a68f 100644
--- a/src/editor/core/colorSchemeRuntime.ts
+++ b/src/editor/core/colorSchemeRuntime.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /**
  * Applies Settings › Editor › Color Scheme (scheme + attribute overrides) as one
  * stylesheet, and Editor › Font › Typography Settings as the root's
- * `--fw-code` / `--fw-code-bold`.
+ * `--fw-code` / `--fw-code-bold`. When the IDE theme turns light or dark, a chosen
+ * scheme of the other kind is switched back to the theme's own.
  */
 import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
 import { editorPrefs, fontWeightVars } from "@/platform/editorSettings";
-import { schemeCss } from "@/platform/colorScheme";
+import { schemeAfterThemeChange, schemeCss } from "@/platform/colorScheme";
+import { call, commands, isTauri } from "@/platform/ipc";
 
 export function installColorScheme(): () => void {
   if (typeof document === "undefined") return () => {};
@@ -21,11 +23,36 @@ export function installColorScheme(): () => void {
     for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(fontWeightVars(prefs.fontWeight, prefs.boldFontWeight)))
       if (root.style.getPropertyValue(name) !== value) root.style.setProperty(name, value);
   };
+  let kind = root.dataset.theme;
+  const followTheme = () => {
+    const next = root.dataset.theme;
+    if (next === kind) return;
+    const previous = kind;
+    kind = next;
+    const settings = useProject.getState().settings;
+    if (!previous || !settings || (next !== "light" && next !== "dark")) return;
+    const scheme = schemeAfterThemeChange(settings.editor?.colorScheme, next, editorPrefs(settings).customSchemes);
+    if (scheme === null) return;
+    if (!isTauri()) {
+      useProject.setState({ settings: { ...settings, editor: { ...settings.editor, colorScheme: scheme } } });
+      return;
+    }
+    call(commands.settingsSet("global", "editor.colorScheme", JSON.stringify(scheme))).then(
+      (updated) => useProject.setState({ settings: updated }),
+      (e) => console.warn("[color scheme] cannot follow the theme", e),
+    );
+  };
   apply();
   const unsubscribe = useProject.subscribe((s, prev) => {
     if (s.settings !== prev.settings) apply();
   });
-  const observer = typeof MutationObserver !== "undefined" ? new MutationObserver(apply) : null;
+  const observer =
+    typeof MutationObserver !== "undefined"
+      ? new MutationObserver(() => {
+          apply();
+          followTheme();
+        })
+      : null;
   observer?.observe(document.documentElement, {
     attributes: true,
     attributeFilter: ["data-theme", "data-contrast", "data-color-theme", "data-plugin-theme"],
diff --git a/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts b/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts
index ade55938..67cecc22 100644
--- a/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/colorScheme.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { _setSchemeSource, schemeCss, schemeTokens } from "./colorScheme";
+import { _setSchemeSource, schemeAfterThemeChange, schemeCss, schemeTokens } from "./colorScheme";
 import { fontWeightVars, validateEditorExtras } from "./editorSettings";
 import type { Settings } from "./ipc";
 import { useProject } from "./project";
@@ -66,6 +66,39 @@ describe("color schemes", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("switches a chosen scheme of the other kind back to the theme's own when the theme turns light or dark", async () => {
+    expect(schemeAfterThemeChange("one-dark", "light")).toBe("theme-default");
+    expect(schemeAfterThemeChange("solarized-light", "light")).toBeNull();
+    expect(schemeAfterThemeChange("theme-default", "light")).toBeNull();
+    const customs = { "custom-night": { name: "Night", parent: "dark" as const, attributes: {} } };
+    expect(schemeAfterThemeChange("custom-night", "light", customs)).toBe("theme-default");
+    expect(schemeAfterThemeChange("custom-night", "dark", customs)).toBeNull();
+
+    const root = document.documentElement;
+    root.dataset.theme = "dark";
+    const previous = useProject.getState().settings;
+    const scheme = () => useProject.getState().settings?.editor?.colorScheme;
+    useProject.setState({ settings: { editor: { colorScheme: "one-dark" } } as unknown as Settings });
+    const dispose = installColorScheme();
+    try {
+      root.dataset.theme = "light";
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      expect(scheme()).toBe("theme-default");
+      // A dark scheme chosen under the light theme stays until the theme changes again.
+      useProject.setState({ settings: { editor: { colorScheme: "dark" } } as unknown as Settings });
+      root.dataset.colorTheme = "solarized-light";
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      expect(scheme()).toBe("dark");
+      root.dataset.theme = "dark";
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      expect(scheme()).toBe("dark");
+    } finally {
+      dispose();
+      delete root.dataset.colorTheme;
+      useProject.setState({ settings: previous });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("keeps editor weights out of the schemes", () => {
     for (const id of ["light", "dark", "dark-hc"] as const) {
       expect(schemeTokens(id).has("--fw-code")).toBe(false);
diff --git a/src/platform/colorScheme.ts b/src/platform/colorScheme.ts
index 8542617e..b9349d3b 100644
--- a/src/platform/colorScheme.ts
+++ b/src/platform/colorScheme.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,25 @@ export function effectiveScheme(
   return themeScheme(root);
 }
 
+/** Light or dark: a built-in scheme's theme kind, a custom scheme's parent (null: unknown). */
+export function schemeKind(id: string | undefined, customs: CustomColorSchemes = {}): "light" | "dark" | null {
+  if (isBuiltinTheme(id)) return themeKind(id);
+  return (id && customSchemes(customs)[id]?.parent) || null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The scheme setting once the IDE theme has turned `kind`, or null to keep it: a chosen scheme
+ * of the other kind gives way to the theme's own, so a light theme doesn't keep a dark editor.
+ */
+export function schemeAfterThemeChange(
+  setting: string | undefined,
+  kind: "light" | "dark",
+  customs: CustomColorSchemes = {},
+): string | null {
+  const current = schemeKind(setting, customs);
+  return current && current !== kind ? "theme-default" : null;
+}
+
 /** Scheme belonging to the active IDE theme (`data-theme` / `data-contrast`). */
 export function themeScheme(
   root: HTMLElement | null = typeof document !== "undefined" ? document.documentElement : null,