diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupNavigationTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupNavigationTest.kt
index 4c7adc37..046168fa 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupNavigationTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupNavigationTest.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package org.justinvisser.wolfskin.tv
 
 import android.app.Application
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.os.Looper
 import android.view.View
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateListOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.Snapshot
 import org.robolectric.Shadows
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.toArgb
 import androidx.compose.ui.test.*
 import androidx.compose.ui.test.junit4.createAndroidComposeRule
 import androidx.datastore.core.DataStore
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.justinvisser.wolfskin.conductarr.MemoryCacheStore
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.justinvisser.wolfskin.design.WolfskinTokens
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 import org.robolectric.annotation.GraphicsMode
 
@@ -137,6 +140,34 @@ class WolfskinSetupNavigationTest {
         coVerify(exactly = 0) { repository.switchServerOrUser() }
     }
 
+    @GraphicsMode(GraphicsMode.Mode.NATIVE)
+    @Test fun coldStartSavedPeopleKeepTheirOwnColorsWithoutConductarr() {
+        val saved = listOf(user, user.copy(id = UUID.randomUUID(), name = "Mindel"),
+            user.copy(id = UUID.randomUUID(), name = "Shared"))
+        every { repository.serverDao.getServer(server.id) } returns JellyfinServerUsers(server, saved)
+        runBlocking { appModel().handleAppStart() }
+        mount()
+        assertOwnPicker()
+        saved.forEach { rule.onNodeWithText(it.name!!).assertIsDisplayed() }
+        rule.mainClock.advanceTimeBy(1_000)
+        rule.waitForIdle()
+        val people = model.picker!!.people
+        val bounds = people.map { rule.onNodeWithTag("picker-person:${it.key}").fetchSemanticsNode().boundsInRoot }
+        val directory = File(requireNotNull(System.getProperty("wolfskin.captureDirectory")), "setup").apply { mkdirs() }
+        val frame = File(directory, "cold-start-people.png")
+        rule.onRoot().captureRoboImage(frame)
+        val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(frame.absolutePath)
+        try {
+            val fills = bounds.map { bitmap.getPixel(it.center.x.toInt(), (it.top + it.width / 5).toInt()) }
+            assertEquals(listOf(WolfskinTokens.PersonColor.justin.toArgb(),
+                WolfskinTokens.PersonColor.mindel.toArgb(), WolfskinTokens.PersonColor.shared.toArgb()), fills)
+        } finally {
+            bitmap.recycle()
+        }
+        assertNull(conductarr.identity.value)
+        assertEquals(saved.map { it.id.toString() }, people.map { it.jellyfinUserId })
+    }
+
     @GraphicsMode(GraphicsMode.Mode.NATIVE)
     @Test fun unreachableSelectionRendersWolfskinRecoveryFrame() {
         stack[0] = SetupDestination.UserList(server)
diff --git a/app/src/wolfskin/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupViewModel.kt b/app/src/wolfskin/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupViewModel.kt
index 2bf9119d..6d1caffb 100644
--- a/app/src/wolfskin/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/wolfskin/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/tv/WolfskinSetupViewModel.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class WolfskinSetupViewModel @Inject constructor(
         if (users.isEmpty()) {
             showLogin(null)
         } else {
-            val people = users.map { ShellPerson(it.id.toString(), it.name.orEmpty(), it.name.orEmpty().take(1).uppercase(), false, it.id.toString()) }
+            val people = users.map { ShellPerson(it.name.orEmpty().lowercase(), it.name.orEmpty(), it.name.orEmpty().take(1).uppercase(), false, it.id.toString()) }
             picker = ShellState(people, people.first().key) { onAction(it) }
             stage = Stage.Picker
         }
diff --git a/data/tv-spec/spec.md b/data/tv-spec/spec.md
index 0a22d47c..29ac8a5d 100644
--- a/data/tv-spec/spec.md
+++ b/data/tv-spec/spec.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Down from any avatar reaches the gear; Up returns to its origin, including after
 
 Source — Justin (2026-11-07): “the settings icon moved, but pressing down only works from the last profile icon. I want it to always move there when pressing down in that screen”.
 
+Saved profiles retain their approved household colours before Conductarr answers: Justin **#62c4ff**, Mindel **#ff9d72**, Shared **#9be38f**. Setup uses the same lowercase-name presentation key as the signed-in picker; the separate Jellyfin user ID remains the authentication identity. `WolfskinSetupNavigationTest.coldStartSavedPeopleKeepTheirOwnColorsWithoutConductarr` exercises the real cold-start setup boundary and checks the native avatar-fill pixels without a Conductarr session.
+
 Root content Back moves to the nav; the next Back **finishes and removes Wolfskin’s Android task**, returning to the launcher without visiting an old Home/setup interface. This applies to Home, Discover, Movies, Shows and Anime. Cold-launch picker Back exits; a reopened picker first dismisses to its opener’s nav. Pushed title/person/settings/Updates pages pop their parent stack, and menus/sheets/unsaved-settings prompts get first refusal. A singleton full-screen page exits rather than becoming a dead end.
 
 Native Android Back (`KEYCODE_BACK`) belongs exclusively to the activity’s system dispatcher, including Navigation 3 predictive completion; Compose key previews must not also navigate on its raw key-down. Escape remains the existing local keyboard Back shortcut. Each completed system Back has one consumer. A retained title/person callback checks the live navigation entry at invocation and hands Back to the incoming entry if its own entry has already popped; it does not depend on an enabled flag catching up with the exit animation. Root handling synchronizes the shell route to the current entry before applying content → nav → task exit. Back ownership is exercised on both SDK 34 (Android 14) and SDK 36.