diff --git a/web/src/signals.ts b/web/src/signals.ts
index 4622eae..53890f7 100644
--- a/web/src/signals.ts
+++ b/web/src/signals.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ function feedRow(id: string, cls: string, html: string, open: ()=>void){
 /// takes nothing else either).
 const ICON_ID=/^(solid|regular|brands)\/[a-z0-9-]{1,64}$/;
 const iconHTML=(icon: string)=>`<span class="ficon" style="--icon:url('/icons/${icon}.svg')"></span>`;
+/// Every Signal in the accent tint the folder has, icon or initials: tinted by a hash of its name,
+/// as a feed without art is, one came out a colour of its own for no reason anyone could see (#262).
 function signalTile(sg: {name: string, icon: string|null}){
-  return sg.icon&&ICON_ID.test(sg.icon)
-    ? `<div class="art ini sig" style="--tint:${tint(sg.name)}">${iconHTML(sg.icon)}</div>` : tileHTML(sg.name);
+  const inner=sg.icon&&ICON_ID.test(sg.icon) ? iconHTML(sg.icon) : esc(initials(sg.name));
+  return `<div class="art ini sig" style="--tint:var(--accent)">${inner}</div>`;
 }
 const badgeHTML=(n: number)=>`<span class="badge${n?'':' zero'}" title="${n} unread">${n>999?'999+':n}</span>`;
 function signalFolder(list: HTMLElement, q: string){