diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacyMainCirclePiece.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacyMainCirclePiece.cs
index 0ab3e8825b..8a6beddb51 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacyMainCirclePiece.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacyMainCirclePiece.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning
                         hitCircleSprite = new Sprite
                         {
                             Texture = getTextureWithFallback(string.Empty),
-                            Colour = drawableObject.AccentColour.Value,
                             Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                             Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                         },
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning
             base.LoadComplete();
 
             state.BindValueChanged(updateState, true);
-            accentColour.BindValueChanged(colour => hitCircleSprite.Colour = colour.NewValue, true);
+            accentColour.BindValueChanged(colour => hitCircleSprite.Colour = colour.NewValue.ToLegacyColour(), true);
             indexInCurrentCombo.BindValueChanged(index => hitCircleText.Text = (index.NewValue + 1).ToString(), true);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacySliderBall.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacySliderBall.cs
index 0f586034d5..3b75fcc8a0 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacySliderBall.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/LegacySliderBall.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(ISkinSource skin, DrawableHitObject drawableObject)
         {
-            animationContent.Colour = skin.GetConfig<OsuSkinColour, Color4>(OsuSkinColour.SliderBall)?.Value ?? Color4.White;
+            var ballColour = skin.GetConfig<OsuSkinColour, Color4>(OsuSkinColour.SliderBall)?.Value ?? Color4.White;
 
             InternalChildren = new[]
             {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning
                     Texture = skin.GetTexture("sliderb-nd"),
                     Colour = new Color4(5, 5, 5, 255),
                 },
-                animationContent.With(d =>
+                animationContent.WithInitialColour(ballColour).With(d =>
                 {
                     d.Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
                     d.Origin = Anchor.Centre;