diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/colorcmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/colorcmds.rs
index 8d0708b5..967e5073 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/colorcmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/colorcmds.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Adjust Color Balance…",
             ["Edit", "Edit Colors"],
             None,
-            "{r?, g?, b? | c?, m?, y?, k? | gray?: -100..100 (% added per channel), convert?: false (keep the result in the adjusted model), fill?, stroke?, ids?} → {changed}",
+            "{mode?: \"rgb\"|\"cmyk\"|\"gray\"|\"global\" (default: from the channels given), r?, g?, b? | c?, m?, y?, k? | gray?: -100..100 (% added per channel, default 0), convert?: false (true: the results stay in the adjusted model; false: each colour keeps its own), fill?, stroke?, ids?} → {changed}. Global mode (tints of global and spot colours) isn't available yet",
             has_selection,
             adjust_balance
         ),
@@ -214,29 +214,47 @@ fn saturate(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 }
 
 fn adjust_balance(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    const C: &str = "edit.colors.adjustBalance";
+    let given = |keys: &[&str]| keys.iter().any(|k| p.get(*k).is_some());
+    let mode = match str_param(p, "mode") {
+        Some(m) => m.to_ascii_lowercase(),
+        None if given(&["c", "m", "y", "k"]) => "cmyk".into(),
+        None if given(&["gray"]) => "gray".into(),
+        None if given(&["r", "g", "b"]) => "rgb".into(),
+        None => return Err(bad(C, "give a mode or r/g/b, c/m/y/k or gray adjustments")),
+    };
     let g = |k: &str| (f64_or(p, k, 0.0).clamp(-100.0, 100.0) / 100.0) as f32;
-    let convert = bool_or(p, "convert", false);
-    let cmyk = ["c", "m", "y", "k"].iter().any(|k| p.get(*k).is_some());
-    let gray = p.get("gray").is_some();
-    let rgb = ["r", "g", "b"].iter().any(|k| p.get(*k).is_some());
-    if !(cmyk || gray || rgb) {
-        return Err(bad("edit.colors.adjustBalance", "give r/g/b, c/m/y/k or gray adjustments"));
-    }
-    let (dr, dg, db) = (g("r"), g("g"), g("b"));
-    let (dc, dm, dy, dk) = (g("c"), g("m"), g("y"), g("k"));
-    let dgray = g("gray");
     let cl = |v: f32| v.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let adjust: Box<dyn Fn(Color) -> Color> = match mode.as_str() {
+        "rgb" => {
+            let (dr, dg, db) = (g("r"), g("g"), g("b"));
+            Box::new(move |c| {
+                let [r, gg, b] = c.to_rgb();
+                Color::rgb(cl(r + dr), cl(gg + dg), cl(b + db))
+            })
+        }
+        "cmyk" => {
+            let (dc, dm, dy, dk) = (g("c"), g("m"), g("y"), g("k"));
+            Box::new(move |c| {
+                let [cc, m, y, k] = c.to_cmyk();
+                Color::cmyk(cl(cc + dc), cl(m + dm), cl(y + dy), cl(k + dk))
+            })
+        }
+        "gray" => {
+            let dgray = g("gray");
+            Box::new(move |c| {
+                let Color::Gray { k } = to_gray(c) else { unreachable!() };
+                Color::gray(cl(k + dgray))
+            })
+        }
+        "global" => {
+            return Err(bad(C, "mode `global` shifts the tints of global and spot colours, which aren't supported yet: use rgb, cmyk or gray"));
+        }
+        other => return Err(bad(C, format!("unknown mode `{other}` (rgb|cmyk|gray|global)"))),
+    };
+    let convert = bool_or(p, "convert", false);
     recolor(s, p, "Adjust Colors", &move |c| {
-        let out = if cmyk {
-            let [cc, m, y, k] = c.to_cmyk();
-            Color::cmyk(cl(cc + dc), cl(m + dm), cl(y + dy), cl(k + dk))
-        } else if gray {
-            let Color::Gray { k } = to_gray(c) else { unreachable!() };
-            Color::gray(cl(k + dgray))
-        } else {
-            let [r, gg, b] = c.to_rgb();
-            Color::rgb(cl(r + dr), cl(gg + dg), cl(b + db))
-        };
+        let out = adjust(c);
         if convert { out } else { keep_model(c, out) }
     })
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index 885f0f9a..436db81c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -758,6 +758,8 @@ mod tests_distort;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_draw2;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_editcolors;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_effectedit;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_file;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_editcolors.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_editcolors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23f6ac5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_editcolors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+//! Edit → Edit Colors: Adjust Color Balance modes and the live preview.
+
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use vectorcraft_color::{Color, Paint};
+
+use super::*;
+
+fn session() -> Session {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.execute("file.new", &json!({"width": 200, "height": 200})).unwrap();
+    s
+}
+
+fn id_of(v: &Value) -> NodeId {
+    NodeId(v["id"].as_u64().unwrap())
+}
+
+/// A selected rectangle filled with `fill`.
+fn rect(s: &mut Session, fill: Value) -> NodeId {
+    let id = id_of(&s.execute("shape.rectangle", &json!({"x": 10, "y": 10, "width": 50, "height": 50})).unwrap());
+    s.execute("paint.setFill", &json!({"ids": [id.0], "color": fill})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [id.0]})).unwrap();
+    id
+}
+
+fn fill_of(s: &Session, id: NodeId) -> Color {
+    s.doc().unwrap().doc.node(id).unwrap().appearance.fill_paint().color().unwrap()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn adjust_balance_modes() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let a = rect(&mut s, json!({"c": 20, "m": 40, "y": 0, "k": 10}));
+    // CMYK channels on a CMYK colour stay CMYK.
+    s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "cmyk", "c": 10, "k": -10})).unwrap();
+    let Color::Cmyk { c, m, k, .. } = fill_of(&s, a) else { panic!("kept CMYK") };
+    assert!((c - 0.3).abs() < 1e-5 && (m - 0.4).abs() < 1e-5 && k.abs() < 1e-5, "{c} {m} {k}");
+    // RGB channels keep the colour's model unless Convert is on.
+    s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "rgb", "r": 10})).unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(fill_of(&s, a), Color::Cmyk { .. }));
+    s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "rgb", "convert": true})).unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(fill_of(&s, a), Color::Rgb { .. }), "converted to RGB");
+    // Gray with Convert makes a grey of the colour darkened by the shift.
+    let b = rect(&mut s, json!("#808080"));
+    s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "gray", "gray": 20, "convert": true})).unwrap();
+    let Color::Gray { k } = fill_of(&s, b) else { panic!("converted to grey") };
+    assert!((k - 0.698).abs() < 0.01, "{k}");
+    // Mode follows the channels given when it is left out.
+    s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"gray": -20})).unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(fill_of(&s, b), Color::Gray { .. }));
+    assert!(s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "lab"})).is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn global_mode_needs_tints_and_says_so() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    s.execute("swatch.new", &json!({"name": "Brand", "color": "#3366cc", "global": true})).unwrap();
+    let a = id_of(&s.execute("shape.rectangle", &json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 10, "height": 10})).unwrap());
+    s.execute("paint.setFill", &json!({"ids": [a.0], "swatch": "Brand"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+    let before = s.doc().unwrap().doc.clone();
+    let e = s.execute("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "global"})).unwrap_err().to_string();
+    assert!(e.contains("global and spot"), "{e}");
+    assert_eq!(*s.doc().unwrap().doc, *before, "nothing changed");
+    let p = s.doc().unwrap().doc.node(a).unwrap().appearance.fill_paint();
+    assert!(matches!(p, Paint::Solid { swatch: Some(ref n), .. } if n == "Brand"), "the link is kept");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn balance_previews_and_commits_one_step() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let a = rect(&mut s, json!("#808080"));
+    let undo = s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    s.begin_interaction("Adjust Colors").unwrap();
+    for r in [10, 30, 20] {
+        s.preview("edit.colors.adjustBalance", &json!({"mode": "rgb", "r": r})).unwrap();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(fill_of(&s, a).to_hex(), "#b38080", "each preview starts from the original");
+    s.commit_interaction().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo + 1);
+    s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(fill_of(&s, a).to_hex(), "#808080");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/color_balance.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/color_balance.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b99a3523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/color_balance.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+//! Edit → Edit Colors → Adjust Color Balance: the colour mode (Gray, RGB, CMYK or Global), a slider
+//! per channel (−100..100 %), Convert, Fill and Stroke, previewed live on the canvas; OK keeps the
+//! preview as one undo step (`edit.colors.adjustBalance`).
+//!
+//! Fields: `mode` (`gray`, `rgb`, `cmyk` or `global`), the channels `r`, `g`, `b`, `c`, `m`, `y`,
+//! `k`, `gray`, then `convert`, `fill`, `stroke` and `preview`.
+
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use vectorcraft_color::Color;
+
+use super::{DialogSpec, form};
+use crate::VectorcraftApp;
+use crate::panels::c32;
+use crate::state::Dialog;
+use crate::widgets;
+
+/// The dialog kind of Adjust Color Balance.
+pub const KIND: &str = "colorBalance";
+
+const CMD: &str = "edit.colors.adjustBalance";
+
+pub(super) const SPEC: DialogSpec =
+    DialogSpec { heading: |_| "Adjust Colors".into(), body, confirm, preview: true, min_width: 340.0, ..DialogSpec::FORM };
+
+/// A colour mode: its `mode` id, label and channels as (field, label).
+struct Mode {
+    id: &'static str,
+    label: &'static str,
+    channels: &'static [(&'static str, &'static str)],
+}
+
+const MODES: [Mode; 4] = [
+    Mode { id: "gray", label: "Grayscale", channels: &[("gray", "Black")] },
+    Mode { id: "rgb", label: "RGB", channels: &[("r", "Red"), ("g", "Green"), ("b", "Blue")] },
+    Mode { id: "cmyk", label: "CMYK", channels: &[("c", "Cyan"), ("m", "Magenta"), ("y", "Yellow"), ("k", "Black")] },
+    Mode { id: "global", label: "Global", channels: &[] },
+];
+
+/// Open the dialog with every channel at 0, adjusting fills and strokes.
+pub fn open(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) {
+    let fields = json!({
+        "mode": "rgb", "r": 0, "g": 0, "b": 0, "c": 0, "m": 0, "y": 0, "k": 0, "gray": 0,
+        "convert": false, "fill": true, "stroke": true, "preview": true,
+    });
+    app.ui.dialog = Some(Dialog::new(KIND, fields));
+}
+
+fn mode(d: &Dialog) -> &'static Mode {
+    let id = d.str("mode");
+    MODES.iter().find(|m| m.id == id).unwrap_or(&MODES[1])
+}
+
+/// `edit.colors.adjustBalance` parameters: the mode, its channels and the options.
+fn params(d: &Dialog) -> Value {
+    let m = mode(d);
+    let mut p = json!({"mode": m.id, "convert": d.bool("convert"), "fill": d.bool("fill"), "stroke": d.bool("stroke")});
+    for (k, _) in m.channels {
+        p[*k] = json!(d.f64(k, 0.0));
+    }
+    p
+}
+
+/// The rail of channel `key`: the channel from −100 % to +100 % over a mid colour.
+fn track(key: &str, x: f32) -> egui::Color32 {
+    let v = x.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let c = match key {
+        "r" => Color::rgb(v, 0.5, 0.5),
+        "g" => Color::rgb(0.5, v, 0.5),
+        "b" => Color::rgb(0.5, 0.5, v),
+        "c" => Color::cmyk(v, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
+        "m" => Color::cmyk(0.0, v, 0.0, 0.0),
+        "y" => Color::cmyk(0.0, 0.0, v, 0.0),
+        "k" => Color::cmyk(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, v),
+        _ => Color::gray(v),
+    };
+    c32(&c)
+}
+
+fn body(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog) -> bool {
+    let m = mode(d);
+    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+        widgets::dim_label(ui, "Color Mode:");
+        let labels: Vec<&str> = MODES.iter().map(|m| m.label).collect();
+        if let Some(i) = widgets::dropdown(ui, "balance-mode", m.label, &labels, 120.0) {
+            d.fields.insert("mode".into(), json!(MODES[i].id));
+        }
+        ui.add_space(12.0);
+        if widgets::check(ui, "Convert", d.bool("convert"), !m.channels.is_empty()) {
+            d.fields.insert("convert".into(), json!(!d.bool("convert")));
+        }
+    });
+    ui.add_space(8.0);
+    let channels = mode(d).channels;
+    if channels.is_empty() {
+        widgets::dim_label(ui, "Global shifts the tints of global and spot colors (not available yet).");
+    }
+    for (k, label) in channels {
+        form::slider(ui, d, k, label, -100.0..=100.0, "%", &|x| track(k, x));
+    }
+    ui.add_space(8.0);
+    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+        widgets::dim_label(ui, "Adjust Options:");
+        for (k, label) in [("fill", "Fill"), ("stroke", "Stroke")] {
+            if widgets::check(ui, label, d.bool(k), true) {
+                d.fields.insert(k.into(), json!(!d.bool(k)));
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    let p = params(d);
+    form::preview(app, ui, d, "Adjust Colors", CMD, p);
+    false
+}
+
+fn confirm(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, d: &Dialog) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    form::commit_preview(app, CMD, params(d))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use vectorcraft_engine::Session;
+
+    fn fill_hex(app: &VectorcraftApp, id: u64) -> String {
+        let n = app.session.doc().unwrap().doc.node(vectorcraft_doc::NodeId(id)).unwrap().clone();
+        n.appearance.fill_paint().color().unwrap().to_hex()
+    }
+
+    fn frame(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) {
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+        let mut out = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput::default(), |ui| super::super::show(app, ui.ctx()));
+        out.textures_delta.clear();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn previews_live_and_commits_one_undo_step() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 100, "height": 100})).unwrap();
+        let id = app.run("shape.rectangle", json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 50, "height": 50})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        app.run("paint.setFill", json!({"color": "#808080"})).unwrap();
+        let undo = app.session.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+        app.run("ui.colorBalanceDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(app.ui.dialog.as_ref().map(|d| d.kind.as_str()), Some(KIND));
+        app.ui.dialog.as_mut().unwrap().fields.insert("r".into(), json!(20));
+        frame(&mut app);
+        assert!(app.session.in_interaction(), "the preview runs");
+        assert_eq!(fill_hex(&app, id), "#b38080", "previewed on the canvas");
+        // A field set from outside (`ui.dialog.set`) previews on the next frame.
+        app.ui.dialog.as_mut().unwrap().fields.insert("r".into(), json!(40));
+        frame(&mut app);
+        assert_eq!(fill_hex(&app, id), "#e68080");
+        // Cancel rolls the preview back.
+        super::super::cancel(&mut app);
+        assert_eq!(fill_hex(&app, id), "#808080");
+        // OK keeps it as one undo step.
+        app.run("ui.colorBalanceDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let d = app.ui.dialog.as_mut().unwrap();
+        d.fields.insert("mode".into(), json!("cmyk"));
+        d.fields.insert("k".into(), json!(-50));
+        frame(&mut app);
+        super::super::confirm(&mut app).unwrap();
+        assert!(app.ui.dialog.is_none() && !app.session.in_interaction());
+        assert_eq!(app.session.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo + 1);
+        let lighter = vectorcraft_color::Color::from_hex(&fill_hex(&app, id)).unwrap().to_rgb()[0];
+        assert!(lighter > 0.6, "{lighter}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn global_mode_reports_why_and_stays_open() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 100, "height": 100})).unwrap();
+        app.run("shape.rectangle", json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 50, "height": 50})).unwrap();
+        app.run("ui.colorBalanceDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+        app.ui.dialog.as_mut().unwrap().fields.insert("mode".into(), json!("global"));
+        frame(&mut app);
+        let e = super::super::confirm(&mut app).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(e.contains("global"), "{e}");
+        assert!(app.ui.dialog.is_some());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/form.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/form.rs
index 2a206e15..d2f03d49 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/form.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/form.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ pub(super) const SLIDER_LABEL: f32 = 64.0;
 pub(super) const SLIDER_WIDTH: f32 = 180.0;
 
 /// A labelled slider with a value field for the number `d.fields[key]` in `range` (whole numbers,
-/// `suffix` after the value); `track(t)` colours the rail at 0..1. Returns true when it changed.
+/// `suffix` after the value); `track(t)` colours the rail at 0..1.
 pub(super) fn slider(
     ui: &mut egui::Ui,
     d: &mut Dialog,
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pub(super) fn slider(
     range: std::ops::RangeInclusive<f64>,
     suffix: &str,
     track: &dyn Fn(f32) -> egui::Color32,
-) -> bool {
+) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     let (min, max) = (*range.start(), *range.end());
     let v = d.f64(key, 0.0).clamp(min, max);
@@ -166,11 +166,50 @@ pub(super) fn slider(
             new = Some(x.round().clamp(min, max));
         }
     });
-    match new {
-        Some(n) if n != v => {
-            d.fields.insert(key.into(), json!(n));
-            true
-        }
-        _ => false,
+    if let Some(n) = new.filter(|n| *n != v) {
+        d.fields.insert(key.into(), json!(n));
     }
 }
+
+/// The Preview checkbox of a dialog that previews `cmd` on the canvas: while it is on, `params` run
+/// again on the interaction's snapshot whenever they differ from the last preview (whether a widget
+/// or `ui.dialog.set` changed them); turning it off rolls back.
+pub(super) fn preview(app: &mut crate::VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog, label: &str, cmd: &str, params: Value) {
+    const LAST: &str = "__previewed";
+    ui.add_space(8.0);
+    let mut on = d.bool("preview");
+    if crate::widgets::check(ui, "Preview", on, true) {
+        on = !on;
+        d.fields.insert("preview".into(), json!(on));
+    }
+    if !on {
+        if d.fields.remove(LAST).is_some() {
+            let _ = app.session.cancel_interaction();
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    if d.fields.get(LAST) != Some(&params) || !app.session.in_interaction() {
+        let _ = app.session.begin_interaction(label);
+        if let Err(e) = app.session.preview(cmd, &params) {
+            app.status(e.to_string());
+        }
+        d.fields.insert(LAST.into(), params);
+    }
+}
+
+/// OK of a dialog using [`preview`]: keep the previewed `cmd` as one undo step (or run it when no
+/// preview runs) and close. On an error the dialog stays open.
+pub(super) fn commit_preview(app: &mut crate::VectorcraftApp, cmd: &str, params: Value) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let r = if app.session.in_interaction() {
+        match app.session.preview(cmd, &params) {
+            Ok(_) => app.session.commit_interaction().map(|_| Value::Null).map_err(|e| e.to_string()),
+            Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
+        }
+    } else {
+        app.run(cmd, params)
+    };
+    if r.is_ok() {
+        app.ui.dialog = None;
+    }
+    r
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs
index 88c09f79..51e9077e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 mod about;
 mod all_tools;
 mod artboard_options;
+pub mod color_balance;
 pub mod color_guide_options;
 mod color_picker;
 mod command;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ mod new_document;
 pub mod new_swatch;
 mod path_ops;
 mod recolor;
+pub mod saturate;
 mod save_changes;
 mod shapes;
 pub mod swatch_options;
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ registry! {
     GraphicStyleOptions: [graphic_style_options::KIND] => graphic_style_options::SPEC,
     EffectExists: [effect::EXISTS] => effect::EXISTS_SPEC,
     ColorGuideOptions: [color_guide_options::KIND] => color_guide_options::SPEC,
+    ColorBalance: [color_balance::KIND] => color_balance::SPEC,
+    Saturate: [saturate::KIND] => saturate::SPEC,
 }
 
 /// The spec for a `Dialog::kind` ([`DialogSpec::FORM`] when unregistered).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/saturate.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/saturate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37f47230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/saturate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+//! Edit → Edit Colors → Saturate: an intensity slider (−100..100 %) previewed live on the canvas;
+//! OK keeps the preview as one undo step (`edit.colors.saturate`).
+//!
+//! Fields: `intensity` and `preview`.
+
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use vectorcraft_color::Color;
+
+use super::{DialogSpec, form};
+use crate::VectorcraftApp;
+use crate::panels::c32;
+use crate::state::Dialog;
+
+/// The dialog kind of Saturate.
+pub const KIND: &str = "saturate";
+
+const CMD: &str = "edit.colors.saturate";
+
+pub(super) const SPEC: DialogSpec = DialogSpec { heading: |_| "Saturate".into(), body, confirm, preview: true, ..DialogSpec::FORM };
+
+pub fn open(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) {
+    app.ui.dialog = Some(Dialog::new(KIND, json!({"intensity": 0, "preview": true})));
+}
+
+fn params(d: &Dialog) -> Value {
+    json!({"intensity": d.f64("intensity", 0.0)})
+}
+
+fn body(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog) -> bool {
+    // The rail runs from grey to a fully saturated colour.
+    form::slider(ui, d, "intensity", "Intensity:", -100.0..=100.0, "%", &|x| c32(&Color::from_hsb(12.0, x, 0.85)));
+    let p = params(d);
+    form::preview(app, ui, d, "Saturate", CMD, p);
+    false
+}
+
+fn confirm(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, d: &Dialog) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    form::commit_preview(app, CMD, params(d))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use vectorcraft_engine::Session;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn commits_without_a_drawn_frame_as_one_step() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 100, "height": 100})).unwrap();
+        let id = app.run("shape.rectangle", json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 50, "height": 50})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        app.run("paint.setFill", json!({"color": "#cc6666"})).unwrap();
+        let undo = app.session.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+        app.run("ui.saturateDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+        app.ui.dialog.as_mut().unwrap().fields.insert("intensity".into(), json!(-100));
+        super::super::confirm(&mut app).unwrap();
+        let st = app.session.doc().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(st.history.undo.len(), undo + 1);
+        let c = st.doc.node(vectorcraft_doc::NodeId(id)).unwrap().appearance.fill_paint().color().unwrap();
+        assert!(c.to_hsb()[1] < 1e-3, "fully desaturated");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 9b8f1436..ef51a5cc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -207,6 +207,18 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, &str, &str)] = &[
         "",
         "{} open Color Guide Options (dialog `colorGuideOptions`, fields `steps` 1–20 and `amount` 0–100): OK sets the Color Guide panel's variation grid (read back with `ui.inspect`: ui.color_guide; engine: color.harmony)",
     ),
+    (
+        "ui.colorBalanceDialog",
+        "Adjust Color Balance…",
+        "",
+        "{} open Adjust Colors for the selection (dialog `colorBalance`, fields `mode` gray|rgb|cmyk|global, channels r g b / c m y k / gray −100..100, `convert`, `fill`, `stroke`, `preview`): previews live, OK runs edit.colors.adjustBalance as one undo step",
+    ),
+    (
+        "ui.saturateDialog",
+        "Saturate…",
+        "",
+        "{} open Saturate for the selection (dialog `saturate`, fields `intensity` −100..100, `preview`): previews live, OK runs edit.colors.saturate as one undo step",
+    ),
 ];
 
 /// Handle a UI command. `None` = not a UI command (the engine handles it).
@@ -532,6 +544,14 @@ pub fn run_ui_command(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<R
             crate::dialogs::color_guide_options::open(app);
             Ok(Value::Null)
         }
+        "ui.colorBalanceDialog" => {
+            crate::dialogs::color_balance::open(app);
+            Ok(Value::Null)
+        }
+        "ui.saturateDialog" => {
+            crate::dialogs::saturate::open(app);
+            Ok(Value::Null)
+        }
         _ => return None,
     };
     Some(r)
@@ -696,6 +716,7 @@ pub fn enabled(app: &VectorcraftApp, id: &str) -> bool {
         "file.export.pdf" => app.session.active().is_some(),
         "ui.swatchOptions" | "ui.newSwatch" | "ui.newColorGroup" => app.session.active().is_some(),
         "ui.graphicStyleOptions" => app.session.active().is_some(),
+        "ui.colorBalanceDialog" | "ui.saturateDialog" => app.session.active().is_some_and(|d| !d.selection.is_empty()),
         _ => true,
     }
 }
@@ -790,7 +811,7 @@ pub fn menu_tree() -> Vec<(&'static str, Vec<Item>)> {
                     "Edit Colors",
                     vec![
                         c("Recolor Artwork…", "ui.recolorDialog"),
-                        cp("Adjust Color Balance…", "edit.colors.adjustBalance", json!({"r": 0, "g": 0, "b": 0})),
+                        c("Adjust Color Balance…", "ui.colorBalanceDialog"),
                         c("Blend Front to Back", "edit.colors.blendFrontToBack"),
                         c("Blend Horizontally", "edit.colors.blendHorizontally"),
                         c("Blend Vertically", "edit.colors.blendVertically"),
@@ -803,7 +824,7 @@ pub fn menu_tree() -> Vec<(&'static str, Vec<Item>)> {
                             "edit.colors.overprintBlack",
                             json!({"remove": false, "percentage": 100, "fill": true, "stroke": true, "includeCmyBlacks": false, "includeSpotBlacks": false}),
                         ),
-                        cp("Saturate…", "edit.colors.saturate", json!({"intensity": 20})),
+                        c("Saturate…", "ui.saturateDialog"),
                     ],
                 ),
                 todo("Edit Original"),
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index 63b59eb9..f648f91c 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -70,3 +70,10 @@ its variation grid; the panel draws the same grid. `ui.colorGuideOptions` opens
 (fields `steps` 1–20, `amount` 0–100) and `ui.dialog.confirm` sets the panel's options, which `ui.inspect` reports
 as `ui.color_guide` (`variation`, `steps`, `amount`). Save Colors as Swatches runs `swatch.new {colors: [...]}`
 (one swatch per colour, one undo step).
+
+Edit Colors dialogs: `ui.colorBalanceDialog` opens Adjust Colors (`colorBalance`: fields `mode` `gray`/`rgb`/`cmyk`/
+`global`, the channels `r` `g` `b` / `c` `m` `y` `k` / `gray` from −100 to 100, `convert`, `fill`, `stroke`,
+`preview`) and `ui.saturateDialog` opens Saturate (`saturate`: `intensity` −100..100, `preview`). Both preview on the
+canvas while open; `ui.dialog.confirm` keeps the result as one undo step (`edit.colors.adjustBalance` /
+`edit.colors.saturate`) and `ui.dialog.cancel` rolls it back. Global mode answers with an error until tints of global
+and spot colours exist; the dialog then stays open.