diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs
index 69e88528c..4dd1de52c 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs
@@ -334,10 +334,13 @@ pub(super) fn parse_tool_object(kind: Tool, name: &str, params: &str) -> Result<
                 }
                 Tool::Art => {
                     // The older form's 8 numbers aren't known: its brush keeps the defaults and its
-                    // paths their drawn look.
-                    let (colorization, plain) = match <&[f64; 15]>::try_from(n.as_slice()) {
-                        Ok(n15) => (if n15[1] == 1.0 { Colorization::Tints } else { Colorization::None }, art_is_plain(n15)),
-                        Err(_) => (Colorization::None, false),
+                    // paths their drawn look. Any other count isn't a form this reads.
+                    let (colorization, plain) = if let Ok(n15) = <&[f64; 15]>::try_from(n.as_slice()) {
+                        (if n15[1] == 1.0 { Colorization::Tints } else { Colorization::None }, art_is_plain(n15))
+                    } else if n.len() == 8 {
+                        (ArtBrush::default().colorization, false)
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(BrushError::Values);
                     };
                     DraftKind::Art { brush: ArtBrush { colorization, ..ArtBrush::default() }, art: art()?, plain }
                 }
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
index f3c8be340..78e46d0cc 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
@@ -7791,6 +7791,12 @@ fn an_older_art_brush_comes_in_with_its_art() {
     const OLD_RIBBON: &str = "1 / Ribbon art/ / / / / 0 1 /  1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0";
     let d = brush::parse_tool_object(brush::Tool::Art, "Ribbon", OLD_RIBBON).unwrap();
     assert!(matches!(d.kind, brush::DraftKind::Art { ref art, plain: false, .. } if art == "Ribbon art"), "{d:?}");
+    let brush::DraftKind::Art { ref brush, .. } = d.kind else { panic!("art") };
+    assert_eq!(brush.colorization, vectorcraft_brush::ArtBrush::default().colorization, "the default colorization");
+    // A count of numbers neither form has isn't read.
+    for bad in ["1 / Ribbon art/ / / / / 0 1 /  1 0 1 0 1 0 0", "1 / Ribbon art/ / / / / 0 1 /  1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"] {
+        assert_eq!(brush::parse_tool_object(brush::Tool::Art, "Ribbon", bad), Err(brush::BrushError::Values), "{bad}");
+    }
     assert_eq!(brush::parse_tool_object(brush::Tool::Scatter, "Spray", "1 /Dot art/ 0 1 /  1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0"), Err(brush::BrushError::Values));
     let objects = [plugin_object(ART_BRUSH, "Ribbon", OLD_RIBBON), plugin_object(ART_BRUSH, "Bare", "1 / / / / / / 0 1 /  1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0")].concat();
     let r = read_ok(&format!("{}{objects}{}", brush_art("Ribbon art", 4.0), layer("")));