diff --git a/changelog.d/1200-cctv-live-icon-color.md b/changelog.d/1200-cctv-live-icon-color.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30d67e1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1200-cctv-live-icon-color.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- Color CCTV cameras with a video feed violet. Cameras with an HLS, MP4 or
+  WebM feed were the same cyan as stills, so a DelDOT or Statens vegvesen
+  video camera could only be found by opening it. Stills stay cyan and the
+  active camera stays amber, and focus de-emphasis fades the violet the same
+  way (Danielslay86, #1200).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 045d6e26b..1008e864c 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -4435,7 +4435,7 @@ silently demoting every later lookup for the session.
   ground clamp now lifts the cap _center_ only so the wireframe stays a true pyramid welded to
   the plane (was a flattened fan / the ~47.5 m divergence — RESOLVED), re-selecting the active
   camera is a no-op (killed a click-flash), and texture swaps gate on canvas content (killed a
-  periodic white flash). Coverage is now **metro-wide: 250 cameras** (`CCTV_AUSTIN_MAX_SOURCES`
+  periodic white flash). Camera icons are cyan for stills, violet for cameras with a video feed, and amber for the active camera. Coverage is now **metro-wide: 250 cameras** (`CCTV_AUSTIN_MAX_SOURCES`
   default 36 → 250, hard bound 300), filtered to `camera_status === TURNED_ON` (~815 live of
   1,003 rows). City packs (2026-07-04): Caltrans (districts 4/7/11/3 — SF, LA, San Diego,
   Sacramento; cap 300) and TfL London JamCams (cap 250) join Austin (cap 250) as keyless default
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 ca6a3c11a..dafaeb5f6 100644
--- a/src/data/cctv.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/cctv.test.mjs
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ import {
   CCTV_FOCUS_REQUEST_EVENT,
   activateCctvCameraFromWorldClick,
 } from '../cctvFocusRequest.js';
+import {
+  ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+  IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+  LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+} from '../layers/cctv/policy.js';
 
 const CCTV_PRESENTATION_SOURCE = fs.readFileSync(
   path.join(
@@ -360,6 +365,37 @@ test('default COVERAGE refresh materializes the active and visible camera frustu
   }
 });
 
+test('camera icons are violet for video feeds, cyan for stills, amber when active', () => {
+  const record = (id, feedType) => ({
+    camera: { ...UNCLAMPED_CAMERA, id, feedType, groundElevationM: 0 },
+    billboard: {},
+    coverageEntities: [],
+    projection: null,
+  });
+  const idleVideo = record('idle-hls', 'hls');
+  const idleStill = record('idle-image', 'image');
+  const activeVideo = record('active-hls', 'hls');
+  const viewer = { entities: { add: (entity) => entity } };
+
+  try {
+    // Disabled keeps the active video camera from opening a real projection;
+    // icon colors are assigned either way.
+    _setCctvCoverageStateForTest({
+      viewer,
+      records: [idleVideo, idleStill, activeVideo],
+      activeCameraId: activeVideo.camera.id,
+      enabled: false,
+      coverageMode: 'off',
+    });
+    refreshCoverageStyles();
+    assert.equal(idleVideo.billboard.color, LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR);
+    assert.equal(idleStill.billboard.color, IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR);
+    assert.equal(activeVideo.billboard.color, ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR);
+  } finally {
+    _setCctvCoverageStateForTest({ enabled: false });
+  }
+});
+
 test('geometry drain pacing yields to tracked and cockpit camera ownership', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(cctvGeometryDrainPacing(), { batchSize: 4, delayMs: 120 });
   assert.deepEqual(
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/policy.js b/src/layers/cctv/policy.js
index cf09ebe64..7ba4e1231 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/policy.js
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/policy.js
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ export const IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR =
 export const ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR =
   Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#ffd97a').withAlpha(0.95);
 
+export const LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR =
+  Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#b48cff').withAlpha(0.88);
+
 export const IDLE_COVERAGE_COLOR =
   Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#2fe0ff').withAlpha(0.24);
 
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/rendering.js b/src/layers/cctv/rendering.js
index 6601d938b..d10368d40 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/rendering.js
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/rendering.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { isHeadingEstimated } from './headingConfidence.js';
 import {
   ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
   IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+  LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR,
   ACTIVE_COVERAGE_CENTER,
   IDLE_COVERAGE_CENTER_MUTED,
   ACTIVE_COVERAGE_CENTER_DEPTHFAIL,
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@ export function createRendering({
   parts,
   source,
 }) {
+  /** Icon color: active wins, then live-capable video feeds, then idle stills. */
+  function cameraColorFor(record) {
+    if (record.camera.id === layerState._activeCameraId)
+      return ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR;
+    if (parts.model.isVideoFeedType(record.camera.feedType))
+      return LIVE_CAMERA_COLOR;
+    return IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR;
+  }
+
   const {
     focusNowMs,
     getFocusTarget,
@@ -58,10 +68,7 @@ export function createRendering({
         ),
       cameraDistanceFor: (position) =>
         Cesium.Cartesian3.distance(camera.positionWC, position),
-      baseColorFor: (record) =>
-        record.camera.id === layerState._activeCameraId
-          ? ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR
-          : IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR,
+      baseColorFor: cameraColorFor,
     });
     layerState._activeFocusStyleCount = result.activeCount;
   }
@@ -208,9 +215,7 @@ export function createRendering({
     for (const record of layerState._records) {
       const isActive = record.camera.id === activeId;
       if (record.billboard) {
-        record.billboard.color = isActive
-          ? ACTIVE_CAMERA_COLOR
-          : IDLE_CAMERA_COLOR;
+        record.billboard.color = cameraColorFor(record);
         record.billboard.scale = isActive ? 1.25 : 1.0;
         // disableDepthTestDistance stays POSITIVE_INFINITY for every billboard
         // (set at creation) — see the field-test far-zoom submerge fix there.
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);
+});