diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/header.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/header.rs
index 447671d8..5b3d4400 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/header.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/header.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use super::layout::STRIP_W;
 use super::tracks::{click_track, folder_depth, height_targets, in_edit_window, track_context_menu, view_label, view_menu};
 use super::{
     Align2, AutoParam, Color32, Pos2, Rect, Sense, Shape, SoundApp, Stroke, Tokens, Track, TrackHeight, TrackId, TrackKind, Ui, bold, groove, json,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub(super) fn track_header(app: &mut SoundApp, ui: &mut Ui, track: &Track, head:
         click_track(app, id, ui.input(|i| i.modifiers), in_edit_window);
     }
     bg.context_menu(|ui| track_context_menu(app, ui, id));
+    color_strip(app, ui, id, head);
     resize_edge(app, ui, track, head);
     strip_buttons(app, ui, track, head);
     name_plate(app, ui, track, head, selected);
@@ -26,6 +28,28 @@ pub(super) fn track_header(app: &mut SoundApp, ui: &mut Ui, track: &Track, head:
     header_meter(ui, Rect::from_min_max(pos2(head.max.x - 8.0, head.min.y + 1.0), pos2(head.max.x, head.max.y - 1.5)), &md, track.channels() >= 2);
 }
 
+/// The colour strip: a click selects the track as the header does, a double click opens the Color
+/// Palette for the selected tracks. A plain click on a track that is already selected keeps the
+/// selection, so double-clicking one of several selected tracks colours them all. Registered after
+/// the header background, so it sits on top of it, and before the strip's own buttons and the
+/// resize edge, which stay on top of it.
+fn color_strip(app: &mut SoundApp, ui: &mut Ui, id: TrackId, head: Rect) {
+    let strip = Rect::from_min_size(head.min, vec2(STRIP_W, head.height()));
+    let resp = ui.interact(strip, ui.scope_id().with(("color_strip", id.0)), Sense::click());
+    let mods = ui.input(|i| i.modifiers);
+    let selected = app.engine.session().edit.selected_tracks.contains(&id);
+    if resp.double_clicked() {
+        // A Cmd click toggles, so a Cmd double click's first click deselected the track: add it back.
+        if !selected {
+            click_track(app, id, mods, in_edit_window);
+        }
+        app.ui.show_color_palette = true;
+    } else if resp.clicked() && !(selected && mods.is_none()) {
+        click_track(app, id, mods, in_edit_window);
+    }
+    resp.context_menu(|ui| track_context_menu(app, ui, id));
+}
+
 /// Drag the bottom edge of the header to resize the track (snaps to the height presets).
 fn resize_edge(app: &mut SoundApp, ui: &mut Ui, track: &Track, head: Rect) {
     let id = track.id;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/tests.rs
index 37dd3be9..ea7e7082 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_window/tests.rs
@@ -534,6 +534,53 @@ fn shift_and_cmd_click_on_track_names_extend_the_selection() {
     }
 }
 
+/// #1254: double-clicking a track's colour strip selects the track and opens the Color Palette;
+/// a single click only selects it.
+#[test]
+fn double_clicking_the_color_strip_opens_the_color_palette() {
+    let mut h = harness(3);
+    let ids = row_ids(&h);
+    let strip = |h: &Harness<SoundApp>, i: usize| pos2(row(h, i).min.x + layout::STRIP_W / 2.0, row(h, i).center().y);
+    h.state_mut().engine.execute("edit.select", &json!({"tracks": [ids[0].0]})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let at = strip(&h, 1);
+    click(&mut h, at);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().edit.selected_tracks, [ids[1]]);
+    assert!(!h.state().ui.show_color_palette, "a single click on the strip doesn't open the palette");
+    h.run_steps(30);
+    let at = strip(&h, 2);
+    click(&mut h, at);
+    click(&mut h, at);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().edit.selected_tracks, [ids[2]]);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.show_color_palette, "a double click on the strip opens the palette");
+}
+
+/// #1254: a double click on the strip of one of several selected tracks keeps them all selected,
+/// so the palette colours every one; with Cmd held the double-clicked track ends selected too.
+#[test]
+fn double_clicking_a_selected_tracks_strip_keeps_the_selection() {
+    let mut h = harness(3);
+    let ids = row_ids(&h);
+    let strip = |h: &Harness<SoundApp>, i: usize| pos2(row(h, i).min.x + layout::STRIP_W / 2.0, row(h, i).center().y);
+    h.state_mut().engine.execute("edit.select", &json!({"tracks": [ids[0].0, ids[2].0]})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let at = strip(&h, 2);
+    click(&mut h, at);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().edit.selected_tracks, [ids[0], ids[2]], "a plain click on a selected strip keeps the selection");
+    assert!(!h.state().ui.show_color_palette);
+    click(&mut h, at);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().edit.selected_tracks, [ids[0], ids[2]], "both tracks stay selected");
+    assert!(h.state().ui.show_color_palette, "a double click on the strip opens the palette");
+
+    h.state_mut().ui.show_color_palette = false;
+    h.run_steps(30);
+    let at = strip(&h, 0);
+    click_with(&mut h, at, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND);
+    click_with(&mut h, at, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND);
+    assert!(h.state().engine.session().edit.selected_tracks.contains(&ids[0]), "a Cmd double click leaves its track selected");
+    assert!(h.state().ui.show_color_palette, "a Cmd double click on the strip opens the palette");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_quick_drag_from_a_clip_edge_trims_it() {
     let mut h = smart_demo();