diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/puppet_tool.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/puppet_tool.rs
index da2c3aad..9fa8ac6a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/puppet_tool.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/puppet_tool.rs
@@ -170,9 +170,18 @@ pub fn draw(
                 }
             }
             // Pins grow under the pointer.
+            // Selected pins are filled with their colour and ringed in white; unselected pins are
+            // hollow (dark centre, coloured outline), like selected and unselected mask vertices.
+            // Drawing only: hit-testing uses `pos` alone.
             let r = if sel { 5.5 } else { 4.5 } + if hover.is_some_and(|h| h.distance(pos) < 8.0) { 1.5 } else { 0.0 };
-            painter.circle_filled(pos, r, if sel { col } else { col.gamma_multiply(0.85) });
-            painter.circle_stroke(pos, r, Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::BLACK));
+            if sel {
+                painter.circle_filled(pos, r, col);
+                painter.circle_stroke(pos, r, Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::BLACK));
+                painter.circle_stroke(pos, r + 2.5, Stroke::new(1.5, Color32::WHITE));
+            } else {
+                painter.circle_filled(pos, r, Color32::from_black_alpha(160));
+                painter.circle_stroke(pos, r, Stroke::new(1.5, col));
+            }
             hits.push(PinHit { layer: layer.id, pin: pn.uid, kind: pn.kind, pos, rotation: pn.rotation, scale: pn.scale, handle });
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_viewer.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_viewer.rs
index 70d2e7a4..124292ef 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_viewer.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_viewer.rs
@@ -543,6 +543,50 @@ fn puppet_pin_click_selects_and_delete_removes_only_the_pins() {
     assert!(h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(id)).is_some());
 }
 
+/// Filled circles painted this frame (flattening nested shape lists).
+fn circles(h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>) -> Vec<egui::epaint::CircleShape> {
+    fn walk(s: &egui::Shape, out: &mut Vec<egui::epaint::CircleShape>) {
+        match s {
+            egui::Shape::Circle(c) => out.push(*c),
+            egui::Shape::Vec(v) => v.iter().for_each(|s| walk(s, out)),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    let mut out = vec![];
+    for c in &h.output().shapes {
+        walk(&c.shape, &mut out);
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Issue #96: a selected puppet pin is filled with its colour and ringed; an unselected one is
+/// hollow (dark centre, coloured outline), like selected and unselected mask vertices. They used to
+/// differ by 1 px and a slight brightness change.
+#[test]
+fn selected_puppet_pins_are_filled_and_unselected_hollow() {
+    let (mut h, _id, bend) = puppet_harness();
+    let pins: Vec<u64> = h.state().auto.previous.iter().filter_map(|e| e.id.strip_prefix("viewer.puppetPin.").and_then(|r| r.parse().ok())).collect();
+    let position: Vec<u64> = pins.into_iter().filter(|p| *p != bend).collect();
+    let (a, b) = (position[0], position[1]);
+    let pa = rect(&h, &format!("viewer.puppetPin.{a}")).center();
+    let pb = rect(&h, &format!("viewer.puppetPin.{b}")).center();
+    click(&mut h, pa);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.state.selected_props.iter().map(|(_, u)| *u).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![a]);
+    // Pointer away from the pins (hover enlarges a pin), then look at the painted pins.
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::PointerMoved(pos2(5.0, 5.0)));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let col = effectcraft_ui_egui::panels::puppet_tool::pin_color(effectcraft_engine::effects::puppet::PinKind::Position);
+    let at = |p: Pos2| circles(&h).into_iter().filter(move |c| c.center.distance(p) < 0.5).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let dark = |c: egui::Color32| c.r().max(c.g()).max(c.b()) < 0x60;
+    let sel = at(pa);
+    assert!(sel.iter().any(|c| c.fill == col), "the selected pin is filled with its colour: {sel:?}");
+    assert!(sel.iter().any(|c| c.fill == egui::Color32::TRANSPARENT && c.stroke.color == egui::Color32::WHITE), "and ringed in white: {sel:?}");
+    let unsel = at(pb);
+    assert!(!unsel.is_empty(), "the unselected pin is drawn");
+    assert!(unsel.iter().all(|c| c.fill == egui::Color32::TRANSPARENT || dark(c.fill)), "the unselected pin is hollow: {unsel:?}");
+    assert!(unsel.iter().any(|c| c.stroke.color == col), "with a coloured outline: {unsel:?}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn puppet_marquee_selects_pins_and_alt_drag_works_over_the_art() {
     let (mut h, _id, bend) = puppet_harness();