diff --git a/tests/render_pixels.rs b/tests/render_pixels.rs
index d373147..13bef02 100644
--- a/tests/render_pixels.rs
+++ b/tests/render_pixels.rs
@@ -148,8 +148,16 @@ fn render_hash_is_stable_across_two_back_to_back_passes()
 #[ test ]
 fn rendering_a_button_produces_pixels_that_differ_from_the_background()
 {
+	// Render on a WHITE canvas, not black: with no theme dir configured the
+	// active theme is the embedded B/W fallback, whose Light mode defines
+	// `accent` (the default button fill) and `text-primary` as pure BLACK on
+	// a white page. A black canvas would therefore hide a fallback button
+	// entirely (black-on-black) and this structural "button paints content"
+	// check would spuriously fail. White matches the fallback's page colour,
+	// so the black button stands out — and a real theme's saturated accent
+	// (e.g. teal) differs from white too, keeping the test theme-robust.
 	let mut surface = UiSurface::<()>::new( 240, 120 );
-	let bg = Color::rgb( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 );
+	let bg = Color::WHITE;
 	let view: Element<()> = column::<()>().push( button( "tap" ) ).into();
 	let _ = surface.render(
 		&view,
@@ -158,7 +166,7 @@ fn rendering_a_button_produces_pixels_that_differ_from_the_background()
 	let buf = extract_pixels( &surface, 240, 120 );
 
 	let differs = buf.chunks_exact( 4 ).any( |chunk|
-		!( chunk[ 0 ] == 0 && chunk[ 1 ] == 0 && chunk[ 2 ] == 0 && chunk[ 3 ] == 255 )
+		!( chunk[ 0 ] == 255 && chunk[ 1 ] == 255 && chunk[ 2 ] == 255 && chunk[ 3 ] == 255 )
 	);
 	assert!( differs, "a button must paint at least one non-background pixel" );
 }