diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/newart.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/newart.rs
index c7bd4ffbf..ce8029e71 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/newart.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/newart.rs
@@ -217,13 +217,15 @@ impl Session {
     /// After a command changed the selection, with New Art Has Basic Appearance on: the fill and
     /// stroke proxies and the weight take what the selection shows in them, so new art looks like
     /// it. A paint the selected objects don't share (a "?" proxy) stays as it was, and art without
-    /// paint (a placed image, whose None would make new art invisible) changes nothing. The
-    /// template is left alone, and without a stroke to show the weight stays too.
+    /// paint (a placed image that isn't colorized, whose None would make new art invisible) changes
+    /// nothing. The template is left alone, and without a stroke to show the weight stays too.
     pub(crate) fn load_selection_paints(&mut self) {
         if !self.prefs.new_art_basic {
             return;
         }
-        let has_paint = self.proxy_source(false).is_some_and(|(n, _)| matches!(n.kind, NodeKind::Text(_)) || !n.appearance.items.is_empty());
+        let has_paint = self
+            .proxy_source(false)
+            .is_some_and(|(n, _)| matches!(n.kind, NodeKind::Text(_)) || !n.appearance.items.is_empty() || n.extras().colorize.is_some());
         if !has_paint {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/colorize.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/colorize.rs
index 2dba3f6e0..c71014eb1 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/colorize.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/colorize.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ fn blend_recolors_a_colorized_gray_image_without_alpha() {
     assert_eq!(colorize(&s, middle), Some(Paint::solid(Color::rgb(0.5, 0.5, 0.5))));
 }
 
+/// A colorized image shows a fill and no stroke, so selecting it loads them for new art as any
+/// object without a stroke does (the weight stays).
+#[test]
+fn selecting_a_colorized_image_gives_new_art_its_fill_and_no_stroke() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let id = image(&mut s, "gray", gray(false));
+    s.execute("paint.setFill", &json!({"color": "#336699"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.none", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("paint.setFill", &json!({"color": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("paint.setStroke", &json!({"color": "#00ff00"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("stroke.set", &json!({"weight": 5.0})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [id.0]})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.paint.fill.color().map(|c| c.to_hex()), Some("#336699".into()));
+    assert_eq!((s.paint.stroke.clone(), s.paint.stroke_width), (Paint::None, 5.0));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn fill_proxy_invert_recolors_a_colorized_gray_image_and_undo_restores_it() {
     let mut s = session();
diff --git a/docs/mcp.md b/docs/mcp.md
index 45ddabf8f..43d69f269 100644
--- a/docs/mcp.md
+++ b/docs/mcp.md
@@ -4199,8 +4199,8 @@ selected) on top of a template. With nothing selected, `stroke.set` / `stroke.se
 arrowheads, profile…) and `graphicStyle.apply` (every fill, stroke and effect, opacity, blend mode and the link to the
 style; `add: true` stacks it) set that template instead of editing art. With the Appearance panel's New Art Has Basic
 Appearance on (the default), a `select.*` command or `layer.target` that changes the selection loads the proxies and
-the weight from it: only a paint or weight the selected objects share, and art without paint (a placed image) changes
-nothing. With the option off (`appearance.setNewArtBasic {on: false}`, the preference `newArtBasic`) new art takes the
+the weight from it: only a paint or weight the selected objects share, and art without paint (a placed image that isn't
+colorized) changes nothing. With the option off (`appearance.setNewArtBasic {on: false}`, the preference `newArtBasic`) new art takes the
 whole appearance of the last selected object. `appearance.newArt` reports what the next object gets; `paint.default`
 resets it.
 `appearance.setNewArtBasic` rejects an `on` value that is not a boolean. Omitting `on` toggles the current preference.