diff --git a/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamIcon.cs b/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamIcon.cs
index fc3be2d189..33c4f6b426 100644
--- a/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamIcon.cs
+++ b/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamIcon.cs
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ private IRenderTexture FullRenderTexture(DreamViewOverlay viewOverlay, DrawingHa
             //we can use the color matrix shader here, since we don't need to blend
             //also because blend mode is none, we don't need to clear
             var colorMatrix = iconMetaData.ColorMatrixToApply.Equals(ColorMatrix.Identity)
-                ? new ColorMatrix(iconMetaData.ColorToApply.WithAlpha(iconMetaData.AlphaToApply))
+                ? new ColorMatrix(iconMetaData.ColorToApply.WithAlpha(iconMetaData.ColorToApply.A * iconMetaData.AlphaToApply))
                 : iconMetaData.ColorMatrixToApply;
 
             ShaderInstance colorShader = DreamViewOverlay.ColorInstance.Duplicate();
diff --git a/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamViewOverlay.cs b/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamViewOverlay.cs
index ead729a933..ca16be8156 100644
--- a/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamViewOverlay.cs
+++ b/OpenDreamClient/Rendering/DreamViewOverlay.cs
@@ -403,9 +403,10 @@ private void ClearRenderTarget(IRenderTexture target, DrawingHandleWorld handle,
         ColorMatrix colorMatrix;
         if (ignoreColor)
             colorMatrix = ColorMatrix.Identity;
-        else if (iconMetaData.ColorMatrixToApply.Equals(ColorMatrix.Identity))
-            colorMatrix = new ColorMatrix(iconMetaData.ColorToApply.WithAlpha(iconMetaData.AlphaToApply));
-        else
+        else if (iconMetaData.ColorMatrixToApply.Equals(ColorMatrix.Identity)) {
+            float blendedAlpha = iconMetaData.ColorToApply.A * iconMetaData.AlphaToApply;
+            colorMatrix = new ColorMatrix(iconMetaData.ColorToApply.WithAlpha(blendedAlpha));
+        } else
             colorMatrix = iconMetaData.ColorMatrixToApply;
 
         // We can use no shader if everything is default