diff --git a/scripts/format-scope.json b/scripts/format-scope.json
index 4230c23ae..2d2ddb361 100644
--- a/scripts/format-scope.json
+++ b/scripts/format-scope.json
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@
   "src/data/cctvNswSource.test.mjs",
   "src/data/cctvTxdotSource.test.mjs",
   "src/layers/cctv/source.test.mjs",
+  "src/layers/cctv/rendering.test.mjs",
   "src/data/alprCameras.js",
   "src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs",
   "src/data/dataCredits.test.mjs",
diff --git a/src/data/cctv.test.mjs b/src/data/cctv.test.mjs
index e102b081d..dafaeb5f6 100644
--- a/src/data/cctv.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/cctv.test.mjs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ import {
   ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
   IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR,
   LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
-} from '../layers/cctv/policy.js'
+} from '../layers/cctv/policy.js';
 
 const CCTV_PRESENTATION_SOURCE = fs.readFileSync(
   path.join(
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/rendering.test.mjs b/src/layers/cctv/rendering.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4b490dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/rendering.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// src/layers/cctv/rendering.test.mjs
+// Icon colors under focus de-emphasis (#1200): the focus pass fades each icon
+// from the same base color the coverage refresh assigns, so a video-feed camera
+// stays violet while it dims instead of falling back to the idle cyan.
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { createRendering } from './rendering.js';
+import {
+  ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+  IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+  LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+} from './policy.js';
+import { isVideoFeedType } from '../../sources/cctvTypes.js';
+
+const FOCUS_FACTOR = 0.5;
+
+function assertFadedFrom(actual, base, label) {
+  assert.ok(actual, `${label}: color written`);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    [actual.red, actual.green, actual.blue],
+    [base.red, base.green, base.blue],
+    `${label}: hue`,
+  );
+  assert.equal(actual.alpha, base.alpha * FOCUS_FACTOR, `${label}: alpha`);
+}
+
+test('focus de-emphasis fades each icon from its own color', () => {
+  const record = (id, feedType) => ({
+    camera: { id, feedType },
+    // No position, so the pass skips screen projection; the focus stub below
+    // decides the factor on its own.
+    billboard: { show: true },
+  });
+  const idleVideo = record('idle-hls', 'hls');
+  const idleStill = record('idle-image', 'image');
+  const activeVideo = record('active-hls', 'hls');
+  const state = {
+    _enabled: true,
+    _viewer: { scene: {}, camera: {} },
+    _records: [idleVideo, idleStill, activeVideo],
+    _activeCameraId: activeVideo.camera.id,
+    _activeFocusStyleCount: 0,
+    _lastFocusStyleAt: -Infinity,
+  };
+  const focus = {
+    focusNowMs: (nowMs) => nowMs,
+    getFocusTarget: () => ({}),
+    focusPassIsNeeded: () => true,
+    advanceSpriteFocus: () => ({
+      factor: FOCUS_FACTOR,
+      active: true,
+      transitioning: false,
+    }),
+    focusAlphaNeedsWrite: () => true,
+  };
+  const { refreshCctvFocusStyles } = createRendering({
+    state,
+    services: { focus },
+    parts: { model: { isVideoFeedType } },
+    source: {},
+  });
+
+  refreshCctvFocusStyles(1000);
+
+  assertFadedFrom(idleVideo.billboard.color, LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR, 'idle video');
+  assertFadedFrom(idleStill.billboard.color, IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR, 'idle still');
+  assertFadedFrom(
+    activeVideo.billboard.color,
+    ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+    'active video',
+  );
+  assert.equal(state._activeFocusStyleCount, 3);
+});