diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
index 6f4ca30bd0..26518e0a27 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Judgements;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osuTK;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
 {
@@ -64,6 +66,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
             ScaleBindable.UnbindFrom(HitObject.ScaleBindable);
         }
 
+        protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
+        {
+            base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
+
+            double missWindow = HitObject.HitWindows.WindowFor(HitResult.Miss);
+
+            // Of note, no one noticed this was missing for years, but it definitely feels like it should still exist.
+            // For now this is applied across all skins, and matches stable.
+            // For simplicity, dim colour is applied to the DrawableHitObject itself.
+            // We may need to make a nested container setup if this even causes a usage conflict (ie. with a mod).
+            this.FadeColour(new Color4(195, 195, 195, 255));
+            using (BeginDelayedSequence(InitialLifetimeOffset - missWindow))
+                this.FadeColour(Color4.White, 100);
+        }
+
         protected sealed override double InitialLifetimeOffset => HitObject.TimePreempt;
 
         private OsuInputManager osuActionInputManager;