diff --git a/src/entities/text_support.rs b/src/entities/text_support.rs
index a80735e18..88209381b 100644
--- a/src/entities/text_support.rs
+++ b/src/entities/text_support.rs
@@ -1126,9 +1126,14 @@ pub fn line_total_width(
 pub fn resolve_inline_color(c: &InlineColor) -> Option<[f32; 3]> {
     match c {
         InlineColor::Aci(idx) => aci_to_rgb(*idx).map(|(r, g, b)| {
-            [r as f32 / 255.0, g as f32 / 255.0, b as f32 / 255.0]
+            let rgb = [r as f32 / 255.0, g as f32 / 255.0, b as f32 / 255.0];
+            if *idx == 7 {
+                rgb
+            } else {
+                crate::scene::convert::tess_util::authored_rgb(rgb)
+            }
         }),
-        InlineColor::True(rgb) => Some(*rgb),
+        InlineColor::True(rgb) => Some(crate::scene::convert::tess_util::authored_rgb(*rgb)),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/io/pdf_export.rs b/src/io/pdf_export.rs
index 5fef9656f..f75a1a6ed 100644
--- a/src/io/pdf_export.rs
+++ b/src/io/pdf_export.rs
@@ -719,7 +719,11 @@ fn append_pdf_page(
         // Near-white and near-yellow (viewport active border) → dark grey for print
         // (only when no CTB override was applied).
         if !color_overridden {
-            let is_light = r > 0.80 && g > 0.80 && b > 0.80;
+            // An authored white (not colour 7) plots as drawn, like on screen.
+            let is_light = r > 0.80
+                && g > 0.80
+                && b > 0.80
+                && !crate::scene::convert::tess_util::is_authored_white([r, g, b]);
             let is_yellow = r > 0.80 && g > 0.70 && b < 0.30;
             let is_cyan = r < 0.30 && g > 0.70 && b > 0.70;
             if is_light || is_yellow {
@@ -1301,7 +1305,11 @@ fn emit_hatch(
         && hatch.aci != 0
         && !(hatch.aci == 7 && matches!(hatch.pattern, HatchPattern::Solid))
     {
-        let is_light = r > 0.80 && g > 0.80 && b > 0.80;
+        // An authored white (not colour 7) plots as drawn, like on screen.
+        let is_light = r > 0.80
+            && g > 0.80
+            && b > 0.80
+            && !crate::scene::convert::tess_util::is_authored_white([r, g, b]);
         let is_yellow = r > 0.80 && g > 0.70 && b < 0.30;
         let is_cyan = r < 0.30 && g > 0.70 && b > 0.70;
         if is_light || is_yellow {
@@ -1482,7 +1490,11 @@ fn glyph_world_xy(v: &crate::scene::pipeline::text_gpu::TextVertex) -> [f64; 2]
 /// near-white / near-yellow (colour-7-on-white) → black, near-cyan → dark blue.
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn adapt_text_color([r, g, b]: [f32; 3]) -> [f32; 3] {
-    let is_light = r > 0.80 && g > 0.80 && b > 0.80;
+    // An authored white (not colour 7) plots as drawn, like on screen.
+    let is_light = r > 0.80
+        && g > 0.80
+        && b > 0.80
+        && !crate::scene::convert::tess_util::is_authored_white([r, g, b]);
     let is_yellow = r > 0.80 && g > 0.70 && b < 0.30;
     let is_cyan = r < 0.30 && g > 0.70 && b > 0.70;
     if is_light || is_yellow {
diff --git a/src/scene/cache/block_cache.rs b/src/scene/cache/block_cache.rs
index 5af7d3cd5..f72740a81 100644
--- a/src/scene/cache/block_cache.rs
+++ b/src/scene/cache/block_cache.rs
@@ -3136,19 +3136,22 @@ mod bg_resolution_tests {
         assert_eq!(colors(&once), colors(&twice));
     }
 
-    /// Why the raw colour is stored instead of re-adapting the resolved one.
-    /// If this ever starts passing, `raw_color` could be dropped — and if it
-    /// is removed while this still fails, near-white geometry loses its tint
-    /// on the first layout switch.
+    /// Only colour 7's exact white / black swap with the background; a colour
+    /// drawn as authored — near-white, or a true-colour white mask — keeps its
+    /// value on any background. (#1500)
     #[test]
-    fn adapt_to_bg_cannot_be_reapplied() {
-        let once = adapt_to_bg(NEAR_WHITE, LIGHT);
-        assert_eq!(once, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0], "near-white snaps to pure black");
-        assert_ne!(
-            adapt_to_bg(once, DARK),
-            adapt_to_bg(NEAR_WHITE, DARK),
-            "re-adapting the resolved colour must not equal adapting the raw one",
-        );
+    fn only_colour_seven_swaps_with_the_background() {
+        assert_eq!(adapt_to_bg([1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0], LIGHT), [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+        assert_eq!(adapt_to_bg([0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0], DARK), [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]);
+        assert_eq!(adapt_to_bg(NEAR_WHITE, LIGHT), NEAR_WHITE);
+        let mask = crate::scene::convert::tess_util::aci_to_rgba(&codec::types::Color::Rgb {
+            r: 255,
+            g: 255,
+            b: 255,
+        });
+        assert_eq!(adapt_to_bg(mask, LIGHT), mask);
+        let seven = crate::scene::convert::tess_util::aci_to_rgba(&codec::types::Color::Index(7));
+        assert_eq!(adapt_to_bg(seven, LIGHT), [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/tess.rs b/src/scene/convert/tess.rs
index 24678504d..2247fe1c7 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/tess.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/tess.rs
@@ -794,10 +794,14 @@ fn tessellate_entity_inner(
                             a,
                         ),
                         ProxyColor::Rgb(r, g, b) => (
-                            view::render::adapt_to_bg(
-                                [r as f32 / 255.0, g as f32 / 255.0, b as f32 / 255.0, 1.0],
-                                bg_color,
-                            ),
+                            {
+                                let [r, g, b] = convert::tess_util::authored_rgb([
+                                    r as f32 / 255.0,
+                                    g as f32 / 255.0,
+                                    b as f32 / 255.0,
+                                ]);
+                                [r, g, b, 1.0]
+                            },
                             0,
                         ),
                         ProxyColor::Inherit => (entity_color, aci),
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/tess_util.rs b/src/scene/convert/tess_util.rs
index b2bba27a3..8a5cd99fd 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/tess_util.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/tess_util.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,36 @@ pub type FallbackGeometry = (
 /// Convert an opencadcodec Color (ACI index or true-color) to a GPU RGBA value.
 pub fn aci_to_rgba(color: &AcadColor) -> [f32; 4] {
     if let Some((r, g, b)) = color.rgb() {
-        [r as f32 / 255.0, g as f32 / 255.0, b as f32 / 255.0, 1.0]
+        let rgb = [r as f32 / 255.0, g as f32 / 255.0, b as f32 / 255.0];
+        // Only colour 7 swaps white/black with the background; any other
+        // colour — a true colour, or ACI 255 — is drawn as authored.
+        let [r, g, b] = if matches!(color, AcadColor::Index(7)) {
+            rgb
+        } else {
+            authored_rgb(rgb)
+        };
+        [r, g, b, 1.0]
     } else {
         WireModel::WHITE
     }
 }
+
+/// Pure white and pure black are what the background adaptation swaps, and
+/// only colour 7 may be swapped. A colour chosen as-is (255,255,255 used as a
+/// white mask on a light sheet, say) is kept a hair off them so it is drawn
+/// exactly as authored; the difference is below one display step.
+pub fn authored_rgb(rgb: [f32; 3]) -> [f32; 3] {
+    const OFF: f32 = 1.0 / 1024.0;
+    if rgb == [1.0; 3] {
+        [1.0 - OFF; 3]
+    } else if rgb == [0.0; 3] {
+        [OFF; 3]
+    } else {
+        rgb
+    }
+}
+
+/// True for a colour [`authored_rgb`] moved off pure white.
+pub fn is_authored_white(rgb: [f32; 3]) -> bool {
+    rgb == authored_rgb([1.0; 3])
+}
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs b/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
index df488c8e5..7137d4d8d 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
@@ -2868,12 +2868,10 @@ impl DimGeom {
 /// `ByLayer` / `ByBlock` (assumes those are already resolved upstream).
 pub(crate) fn color_or_inherit(c: &AcadColor, inherited: [f32; 4]) -> [f32; 4] {
     match c.rgb() {
-        Some((r, g, b)) => [
-            r as f32 / 255.0,
-            g as f32 / 255.0,
-            b as f32 / 255.0,
-            inherited[3],
-        ],
+        Some(_) => {
+            let [r, g, b, _] = crate::scene::convert::tess_util::aci_to_rgba(c);
+            [r, g, b, inherited[3]]
+        }
         None => inherited,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/scene/view/render.rs b/src/scene/view/render.rs
index 143c0b1f7..09f986ea2 100644
--- a/src/scene/view/render.rs
+++ b/src/scene/view/render.rs
@@ -3774,8 +3774,11 @@ pub(crate) fn render_style_for_block_sub_viewport(
 /// backgrounds become white. All other colors pass through unchanged.
 pub(crate) fn adapt_to_bg(color: [f32; 4], bg: [f32; 4]) -> [f32; 4] {
     let lum = 0.299 * bg[0] + 0.587 * bg[1] + 0.114 * bg[2];
-    let is_white = color[0] > 0.95 && color[1] > 0.95 && color[2] > 0.95;
-    let is_black = color[0] < 0.05 && color[1] < 0.05 && color[2] < 0.05;
+    // Only exact white / black swap: that is colour 7 (and interface colours).
+    // Authored colours reach here nudged off both, so they stay as drawn —
+    // a true-colour white mask on a light sheet remains white. (#1500)
+    let is_white = color[..3] == [1.0; 3];
+    let is_black = color[..3] == [0.0; 3];
     if is_white && lum > 0.5 {
         [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, color[3]]
     } else if is_black && lum <= 0.5 {