diff --git a/src/ui/DexEntryMenu.lua b/src/ui/DexEntryMenu.lua
index 6e8cf5ea..17fa3899 100644
--- a/src/ui/DexEntryMenu.lua
+++ b/src/ui/DexEntryMenu.lua
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ function DexEntryMenu.new(game, speciesOrOpts)
   local species, forceOwned = resolveArgs(speciesOrOpts)
   local self = setmetatable({ game = game, forceOwned = forceOwned }, DexEntryMenu)
   self.def = game.data.pokemon[species]
-  local path = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(game.data, species, "front",
-    { kind = "dex" })
+  local path, trueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
+    game.data, species, "front", { kind = "dex" })
   -- `path and pcall(...)` truncates to one value, so img was always nil and
   -- every dex page drew without its pic (#307); the guard has to be a
   -- statement for pcall's second return to survive.
   local ok, img = false, nil
   if path then ok, img = pcall(love.graphics.newImage, path) end
   self.sprite = ok and img or nil
+  self.spriteTrueColor = self.sprite and trueColor or false
   require("src.core.Sound").playCry(game.data, species)
   return self
 end
@@ -55,17 +56,26 @@ function DexEntryMenu:update(dt)
 end
 
 function DexEntryMenu:draw()
-  DexEntryMenu.render(self.game, self.def, self.sprite, self.forceOwned)
+  DexEntryMenu.render(self.game, self.def, self.sprite, self.forceOwned,
+                      self.spriteTrueColor)
 end
 
 -- Static entry-page renderer, shared with the printer stand-in
 -- (src/core/Printer.lua renders the same page into a PNG the way
 -- PrintPokedexEntry rendered it to the Game Boy Printer).
-function DexEntryMenu.render(game, def, sprite, forceOwned)
+function DexEntryMenu.render(game, def, sprite, forceOwned, trueColor)
   love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
   love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, 160, 144)
   if sprite then
-    love.graphics.draw(sprite, 8, math.max(0, 60 - sprite:getHeight()))
+    local y = math.max(0, 60 - sprite:getHeight())
+    love.graphics.draw(sprite, 8, y)
+    -- a full-color pic has to sit out the SGB recolor, so mark its bounds
+    -- for the unshaded pass (#350).  The printer path leaves trueColor nil:
+    -- it renders to its own PNG canvas, and a mark left behind there would
+    -- bleed into the next real frame.
+    if trueColor then
+      require("src.render.PaletteFX").markTrueColor(8, y, sprite:getDimensions())
+    end
   end
   love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
   Font.draw(def.name, 72, 8)
diff --git a/src/ui/OakSpeech.lua b/src/ui/OakSpeech.lua
index 0cca2dfd..0dc79c88 100644
--- a/src/ui/OakSpeech.lua
+++ b/src/ui/OakSpeech.lua
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ local function tryImage(path)
   return ok and img or nil
 end
 
--- Resolve a pic descriptor to (image, flip).
+-- Resolve a pic descriptor to (image, flip, trueColor).
 -- Descriptors:
 --   "oak" | "rival" | "player"          shorthand
 --   { type = "trainer", id = "OPP_PROF_OAK" }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end
 --   { type = "image", path = "..." }
 --   { type = "sprite", id = "SPRITE_RED" }
 function OakSpeech.resolvePic(game, desc, speech)
-  if desc == nil then return nil, false end
+  if desc == nil then return nil, false, false end
   if type(desc) == "string" then
     if desc == "oak" then
       desc = { type = "trainer", id = "OPP_PROF_OAK" }
@@ -86,35 +86,37 @@ function OakSpeech.resolvePic(game, desc, speech)
   local t = desc.type
   if t == "trainer" then
     if speech and desc.id == "OPP_PROF_OAK" and speech.oakPic then
-      return speech.oakPic, false
+      return speech.oakPic, false, false
     end
     if speech and desc.id == "OPP_RIVAL1" and speech.rivalPic then
-      return speech.rivalPic, false
+      return speech.rivalPic, false, false
     end
     local trainers = game.data.trainers or {}
     local tr = trainers[desc.id]
-    return tryImage(tr and tr.pic), false
+    return tryImage(tr and tr.pic), false, false
   elseif t == "pokemon" then
     if speech and desc.id == speech.demoSpecies and speech.demoPic then
-      return speech.demoPic, desc.flip and true or false
+      return speech.demoPic, desc.flip and true or false, speech.demoTrueColor
     end
-    local path = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
+    local path, trueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
       game.data, desc.id, "front", { kind = "oak" })
-    return tryImage(path), desc.flip and true or false
+    return tryImage(path), desc.flip and true or false, trueColor
   elseif t == "player" then
     if speech and speech.playerPic and not desc.path then
-      return speech.playerPic, false
+      return speech.playerPic, false, speech.playerTrueColor
     end
-    if desc.path then return tryImage(desc.path), false end
-    return tryImage(require("src.pokemon.Sprites").playerPath(
-      game.data, "front", { kind = "intro" })), false
+    if desc.path then return tryImage(desc.path), false, false end
+    local path, trueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").playerPath(
+      game.data, "front", { kind = "intro" })
+    return tryImage(path), false, trueColor
   elseif t == "image" then
-    return tryImage(desc.path), desc.flip and true or false
+    return tryImage(desc.path), desc.flip and true or false, false
   elseif t == "sprite" then
     local sp = game.data.sprites and game.data.sprites[desc.id]
-    return tryImage(sp and sp.image), desc.flip and true or false
+    return tryImage(sp and sp.image), desc.flip and true or false,
+           sp and sp.trueColor or false
   end
-  return nil, false
+  return nil, false, false
 end
 
 -- Vanilla step list.  Ids are the stable anchors mods insert around.
@@ -219,15 +221,18 @@ function OakSpeech.new(game, onDone)
   -- the show-off mon and the name length cap come from data; the vanilla
   -- literals stay as the fallbacks
   self.demoSpecies = oakGfx.demoSpecies or "NIDORINO"
-  local demoPath = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
+  local demoPath, demoTrueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
     game.data, self.demoSpecies, "front", { kind = "oak" })
   self.demoPic = tryImage(demoPath)
+  self.demoTrueColor = self.demoPic and demoTrueColor or false
   local constants = game.data.constants or {}
   self.nameLen = constants.playerNameLength or 7
   -- RedPicFront (gfx/player/red.png, shared with the trainer card) and
   -- the ShrinkPic1/ShrinkPic2 frames (gfx/player/shrink{1,2}.png)
-  self.playerPic = tryImage(require("src.pokemon.Sprites").playerPath(
-    game.data, "front", { kind = "intro" }))
+  local playerPath, playerTrueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").playerPath(
+    game.data, "front", { kind = "intro" })
+  self.playerPic = tryImage(playerPath)
+  self.playerTrueColor = self.playerPic and playerTrueColor or false
   self.shrinkPic1 = tryImage(oakGfx.shrink1
                              or "assets/generated/intro/shrink1.png")
   self.shrinkPic2 = tryImage(oakGfx.shrink2
@@ -278,14 +283,17 @@ end
 
 function OakSpeech:applyPic(step)
   if step.pic == nil then return end
-  local img, flip = OakSpeech.resolvePic(self.game, step.pic, self)
+  local img, flip, trueColor = OakSpeech.resolvePic(self.game, step.pic, self)
   if img then
     self.pic = img
     self.picFlip = flip or false
+    self.picTrueColor = trueColor or false
   elseif step.pic == "player" or (type(step.pic) == "table" and step.pic.type == "player") then
     -- mirror the old fallback: player pic missing → oak
     self.pic = self.playerPic or self.oakPic
     self.picFlip = false
+    self.picTrueColor = self.pic == self.playerPic and self.playerTrueColor
+                        or false
   end
 end
 
@@ -342,6 +350,7 @@ function OakSpeech:runStep(step)
     -- NIDORINO show-off: mirrored front sprite + wipe + cry + text 2A
     self.pic = self.demoPic
     self.picFlip = true
+    self.picTrueColor = self.demoTrueColor
     self:revealPic("wipe", function()
       Sound.playCry(self.game.data, self.demoSpecies)
       self:say(Strings("_OakSpeechText2A"), function() self:advance() end)
@@ -536,8 +545,10 @@ function OakSpeech:update(dt)
   s.frame = s.frame + 1
   if s.frame == 5 then
     self.pic = self.shrinkPic1 or self.pic
+    self.picTrueColor = false
   elseif s.frame == 9 then
     self.pic = self.shrinkPic2 or self.pic
+    self.picTrueColor = false
     -- wAudioFadeOutControl = 10: the music ramps to silence over ~70
     -- frames (7 levels x 10), reaching 0 just as the fade-to-white
     -- begins at frame 79, instead of a hard cut (oak_speech.asm:145-149,
@@ -545,6 +556,7 @@ function OakSpeech:update(dt)
     Music.fadeOut(10)
   elseif s.frame == 29 then
     self.pic = nil
+    self.picTrueColor = false
     self.walkVisible = true
   elseif s.frame >= 79 and s.frame <= 102 then
     self.fadeLevel = math.floor((s.frame - 79) / 8) + 1
@@ -584,6 +596,9 @@ function OakSpeech:draw()
     else
       love.graphics.draw(self.pic, x + off, y)
     end
+    if self.picTrueColor then
+      require("src.render.PaletteFX").markTrueColor(x + off, y, w, h)
+    end
     love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
   end
   if self.walkVisible and self.walkSheet then
diff --git a/src/ui/TitleState.lua b/src/ui/TitleState.lua
index 88fd8293..3c393818 100644
--- a/src/ui/TitleState.lua
+++ b/src/ui/TitleState.lua
@@ -98,6 +98,30 @@ local function imagePath(entry)
   return entry
 end
 
+-- PaletteFX redraws a true-color rectangle after the palette pass.  Red's
+-- title art is drawn on top of the title mon, so leave its bounds out of the
+-- rectangle rather than redrawing that art without its title palette.
+local function markVisibleTrueColor(x, y, w, h, cover)
+  local P = require("src.render.PaletteFX")
+  if not cover then
+    P.markTrueColor(x, y, w, h)
+    return
+  end
+  local cx, cy, cw, ch = cover[1], cover[2], cover[3], cover[4]
+  local right, bottom = x + w, y + h
+  local cright, cbottom = cx + cw, cy + ch
+  local ix1, iy1 = math.max(x, cx), math.max(y, cy)
+  local ix2, iy2 = math.min(right, cright), math.min(bottom, cbottom)
+  if ix1 >= ix2 or iy1 >= iy2 then
+    P.markTrueColor(x, y, w, h)
+    return
+  end
+  if y < iy1 then P.markTrueColor(x, y, w, iy1 - y) end
+  if iy2 < bottom then P.markTrueColor(x, iy2, w, bottom - iy2) end
+  if x < ix1 then P.markTrueColor(x, iy1, ix1 - x, iy2 - iy1) end
+  if ix2 < right then P.markTrueColor(ix2, iy1, right - ix2, iy2 - iy1) end
+end
+
 function TitleState.new(game, opts)
   opts = opts or {}
   local self = setmetatable({}, TitleState)
@@ -148,7 +172,7 @@ function TitleState.new(game, opts)
   self.cycleSpecies = (type(title.cycleSpecies) == "table"
                        and #title.cycleSpecies > 0)
                       and title.cycleSpecies or defaultCycle
-  self.sprites = {} -- species -> image or false (load failed)
+  self.sprites = {} -- species -> { image, trueColor } or false (load failed)
   self.cycleIndex = 1
   self.timer = 0
   self.blink = 0
@@ -252,12 +276,13 @@ function TitleState:currentSprite()
   local species = self.cycleSpecies[self.cycleIndex]
   local cached = self.sprites[species]
   if cached == nil then
-    local path = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
+    local path, trueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
       self.game.data, species, "front", { kind = "title" })
-    cached = tryImage(path) or false
+    local image = tryImage(path)
+    cached = image and { image = image, trueColor = trueColor } or false
     self.sprites[species] = cached
   end
-  return cached or nil
+  return cached and cached.image or nil, cached and cached.trueColor or false
 end
 
 local function hasSave()
@@ -446,13 +471,27 @@ function TitleState:draw()
           love.graphics.newQuad(40, 0, 40, 8, iw, ih), 80, 64)
       end
     end
-    local sprite = self:currentSprite()
+    local sprite, spriteTrueColor = self:currentSprite()
     if sprite then
       local w, h = sprite:getDimensions()
-      local slide = (self.slideIn or 0) * 8
-      love.graphics.draw(sprite, 40 + math.floor((56 - w) / 2) + slide,
-                         136 - h)
+      local slide = (self.slideIn or 0) * 8 -- scroll in from the right
+      -- bottom-aligned and centered in the (5,10)-(11,16) tile box
+      local x = 40 + math.floor((56 - w) / 2) + slide
+      local y = 136 - h
+      love.graphics.draw(sprite, x, y)
+      -- a full-color mon keeps its own palette through the SGB pass, minus
+      -- the strip Red's OAM covers (#350).  Yellow never reaches here: its
+      -- layout has no cycling mon and no Red art (title_yellow.asm).
+      if spriteTrueColor then
+        local cover
+        if self.player then
+          local pw, ph = self.player:getDimensions()
+          cover = { 82, 80, pw, ph }
+        end
+        markVisibleTrueColor(x, y, w, h, cover)
+      end
     end
+    -- Red is OAM in the original: he draws over the mon's box edge
     if self.player then
       love.graphics.draw(self.player, 82, 80)
     end
diff --git a/tests/parity_true_color_ui.lua b/tests/parity_true_color_ui.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dae04ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parity_true_color_ui.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+-- True-color Pokemon art is drawn on the UI canvas in addition to battle.
+-- The Pokedex, title screen, and Oak's intro need to report the exact
+-- rectangle they draw so PaletteFX can put the unshaded copy over the SGB
+-- palette pass.  Run with `luajit tests/parity_true_color_ui.lua`.
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+if not _G.love then _G.love = require("tests.love_stub") end
+
+local S = require("tests.harness").suite("parity true-color ui")
+local check = S.check
+
+local Data = require("src.core.Data")
+if not Data.maps then Data:load() end
+require("src.render.Font").load(Data)
+
+local PaletteFX = require("src.render.PaletteFX")
+local Sound = require("src.core.Sound")
+local DexEntryMenu = require("src.ui.DexEntryMenu")
+local TitleState = require("src.ui.TitleState")
+local OakSpeech = require("src.ui.OakSpeech")
+
+local savedCry = Sound.playCry
+Sound.playCry = function() end
+
+local function uiRects(draw)
+  PaletteFX.clearTrueColor()
+  PaletteFX.setPass("ui")
+  draw()
+  local rects = PaletteFX.trueColorRects("ui")
+  PaletteFX.setPass(nil)
+  return rects
+end
+
+local def = Data.pokemon.PIKACHU
+local savedTrueColor = def.trueColor
+def.trueColor = true
+
+local game = {
+  data = Data,
+  save = { pokedex = { owned = { PIKACHU = true } } },
+  stack = { pop = function() end },
+}
+local dex = DexEntryMenu.new(game, "PIKACHU")
+check(dex.spriteTrueColor == true,
+      "Pokedex keeps a Pokemon sprite's trueColor flag")
+local dexRects = uiRects(function() dex:draw() end)
+local dx, dy = 8, math.max(0, 60 - dex.sprite:getHeight())
+check(#dexRects == 1 and dexRects[1].x == dx and dexRects[1].y == dy
+      and dexRects[1].w == dex.sprite:getWidth()
+      and dexRects[1].h == dex.sprite:getHeight(),
+      "Pokedex reports the true-color sprite rectangle")
+
+local titleGame = {
+  data = { pokemon = Data.pokemon,
+           field = { title = { cycleSpecies = { "PIKACHU" } } } },
+}
+local title = TitleState.new(titleGame, {})
+local titleSprite, titleTrueColor = title:currentSprite()
+check(titleSprite and titleTrueColor,
+      "title cache keeps a Pokemon sprite's trueColor flag")
+local titleRects = uiRects(function() title:draw() end)
+local tx = 40 + math.floor((56 - titleSprite:getWidth()) / 2)
+check(#titleRects == 1 and titleRects[1].x == tx
+      and titleRects[1].y == 136 - titleSprite:getHeight()
+      and titleRects[1].w == 82 - tx
+      and titleRects[1].h == titleSprite:getHeight(),
+      "title reports the visible true-color sprite rectangle")
+
+local oak = OakSpeech.new({
+  data = { pokemon = Data.pokemon, trainers = {},
+           field = { oakSpeech = { demoSpecies = "PIKACHU" } } },
+}, nil)
+oak.pic, oak.picFlip = oak.demoPic, true
+oak.picTrueColor = oak.demoTrueColor
+check(oak.demoTrueColor == true,
+      "Oak intro keeps the demo Pokemon's trueColor flag")
+local oakRects = uiRects(function() oak:draw() end)
+local ow, oh = oak.demoPic:getDimensions()
+local ox = 48 + math.floor((8 - ow / 8) / 2) * 8
+local oy = 32 + (7 - oh / 8) * 8
+check(#oakRects == 1 and oakRects[1].x == ox and oakRects[1].y == oy
+      and oakRects[1].w == ow and oakRects[1].h == oh,
+      "Oak intro reports the true-color sprite rectangle")
+
+def.trueColor = savedTrueColor
+Sound.playCry = savedCry
+PaletteFX.clearTrueColor()
+S.finish()