diff --git a/crates/render/src/lib.rs b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
index 7d6d9489..cf09ef8a 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ pub struct RenderOptions {
     /// Pattern editing mode's tile edge and swatch bounds colour (Object → Pattern → Tile Edge
     /// Color), RGB.
     pub tile_edge: [u8; 3],
+    /// Colour and style of the paths made into guides (Preferences › Guides & Grid, as the ruler
+    /// guides the UI draws): RGB, and whether they are dotted.
+    pub guide: ([u8; 3], bool),
     /// View Opacity Mask (Alt-click the mask thumbnail): instead of the artwork, show this object's
     /// opacity mask alone as its coverage in greyscale (white = opaque, black = transparent).
     pub mask_view: Option<NodeId>,
@@ -201,6 +204,7 @@ impl Default for RenderOptions {
             trim: false,
             skip_templates: false,
             tile_edge: vectorcraft_doc::LAYER_COLORS[0].1,
+            guide: ([0x4a, 0xd8, 0xff], false),
             mask_view: None,
             highlight_substitutions: false,
             anti_alias: AntiAlias::Art,
@@ -1158,7 +1162,17 @@ impl Renderer {
             NodeKind::Path { path, rule, guide, .. } => {
                 let bp = path.to_bezpath();
                 if *guide {
-                    self.hairline(ctx, f, &bp, [0x4a, 0xd8, 0xff, 255]);
+                    let ([r, g, b], dots) = f.opts.guide;
+                    if dots {
+                        let mut screen = bp.clone();
+                        screen.apply_affine(f.view);
+                        ctx.set_transform(Affine::IDENTITY);
+                        ctx.set_stroke(kurbo::Stroke::new(1.5).with_dashes(0.0, [1.5, 2.5]));
+                        ctx.set_paint(f.ink.fixed([r, g, b, 255]));
+                        ctx.stroke_path(&screen);
+                    } else {
+                        self.hairline(ctx, f, &bp, [r, g, b, 255]);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     self.draw_shape(ctx, f, n, &bp, *rule);
                 }
diff --git a/crates/render/src/tests_tileedge.rs b/crates/render/src/tests_tileedge.rs
index 3657f0b3..2c487ff8 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/tests_tileedge.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/tests_tileedge.rs
@@ -67,3 +67,31 @@ fn swatch_bounds_outline_the_period_dashed() {
     let off = render(&editing(tt, false, false), Some([0, 200, 0]));
     assert!((51..70).all(|x| is_white(off.pixel(x, 90))));
 }
+
+/// #1534: a path made into a guide is drawn in the guide colour and style (Preferences › Guides &
+/// Grid), as ruler guides are: a line, or dots with gaps between them.
+#[test]
+fn guide_paths_take_the_guide_color_and_style() {
+    let mut d = Document::new(200.0, 200.0);
+    let (layer, id) = (d.layers[0].id, d.alloc_id());
+    let mut n = Node::path(id, shapes::rectangle(Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, 60.0, 60.0)), Appearance::basic(Paint::None, Paint::None, 0.0));
+    if let NodeKind::Path { guide, .. } = &mut n.kind {
+        *guide = true;
+    }
+    d.insert(Some(layer), 0, n).unwrap();
+    let draw = |guide| {
+        let opts = RenderOptions { background: Some([255; 4]), guide, ..Default::default() };
+        Renderer::new().render(&d, 120, 120, Affine::translate((50.5, 50.5)), &opts)
+    };
+    // Along the top edge of the square (y = 50), between its corners: the pixels the red covers.
+    let inked = |r: &Rendered| (55..105).filter(|x| r.pixel(*x, 50)[1] < 64).count();
+    let line = draw(([200, 0, 0], false));
+    let p = line.pixel(80, 50);
+    assert!(p[0] > 150 && p[1] < 100 && p[2] < 100, "{p:?}");
+    assert_eq!(inked(&line), 50);
+    let dotted = draw(([200, 0, 0], true));
+    let dots = inked(&dotted);
+    assert!((10..40).contains(&dots), "{dots}: {:?}", (45..70).map(|x| dotted.pixel(x, 50)[1]).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+    let default = draw(RenderOptions::default().guide);
+    assert!((55..105).all(|x| !is_white(default.pixel(x, 50))), "a line by default");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 373e6939..8d3ac45f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,10 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     // File Handling › Display Bitmaps as Anti-aliased Images in Pixel Preview: off, images show
     // their pixels as they rasterize, hard-edged.
     let smooth_images = pixel.is_none() || app.session.prefs.anti_aliased_bitmaps;
+    // Paths made into guides are drawn as the ruler guides are (Preferences › Guides & Grid).
+    let guide_look = LineLook::guides(&app.session.prefs, &t);
     let key = CacheKey {
+        guide: ([guide_look.color.r(), guide_look.color.g(), guide_look.color.b()], guide_look.dots),
         doc: st.uid as usize,
         revision: st.revision,
         interacting: st.interaction.is_some(),
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
                 let [r, g, b, _] = c.to_rgba8(1.0);
                 [r, g, b]
             }),
+            guide: key.guide,
             mask_view,
             highlight_substitutions: true,
             // General › Anti-aliased Artwork: off, edges are hard on screen (raster effects and
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 1648279f..1f165d59 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ pub struct CacheKey {
     /// Appearance of Black › On Screen › Display All Blacks as Rich Black
     /// ([`vectorcraft_render::RenderOptions::rich_black`]).
     pub rich_black: bool,
+    /// Colour and style of guide paths ([`vectorcraft_render::RenderOptions::guide`]).
+    pub guide: ([u8; 3], bool),
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default)]