diff --git a/frontend/src/components/tools/fakeScan/FakeScanPreview.tsx b/frontend/src/components/tools/fakeScan/FakeScanPreview.tsx
index d1d29a78e..f77834746 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/tools/fakeScan/FakeScanPreview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/tools/fakeScan/FakeScanPreview.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default function FakeScanPreview({ file, parameters }: Props) {
     }
 
     const grayscale = parameters.colorspace === 'grayscale' ? 'grayscale(1)' : 'grayscale(0)';
-    const sepia = parameters.yellowish ? 'sepia(0.35)' : 'sepia(0)';
+    const sepia = parameters.yellowish ? 'sepia(0.6)' : 'sepia(0)';
     // Simulate noise via drop-shadow stacking is heavy; skip and rely on server-side
     return `${grayscale} ${sepia} brightness(${brightness}) contrast(${contrast}) blur(${blur}px)`;
   }, [parameters]);
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/tools/fakeScan/useFakeScanParameters.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/tools/fakeScan/useFakeScanParameters.ts
index 613314004..a7127b99b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/tools/fakeScan/useFakeScanParameters.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/tools/fakeScan/useFakeScanParameters.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const defaultParameters: FakeScanParameters = {
   quality: 'high',
   rotation: 'slight',
   advancedEnabled: false,
-  colorspace: 'grayscale',
+  colorspace: 'color',
   border: 20,
   rotate: 0,
   rotateVariance: 2,