diff --git a/Content.Client/Humanoid/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs b/Content.Client/Humanoid/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs
index 47ef6a0607..cf37d730e5 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Humanoid/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Humanoid/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ public sealed class HumanoidAppearanceSystem : SharedHumanoidAppearanceSystem
         //markings.RemoveCategory(MarkingCategories.FacialHair);
 
         // We need to ensure hair before applying it or coloring can try depend on markings that can be invalid
-        var hairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, _prototypeManager)
-            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor : profile.Appearance.HairColor;
+        var hairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, out var hairAlpha, _prototypeManager)
+            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor.WithAlpha(hairAlpha) : profile.Appearance.HairColor;
         var hair = new Marking(profile.Appearance.HairStyleId,
             new[] { hairColor });
     
-        var facialHairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.FacialHair, _prototypeManager)
-            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor : profile.Appearance.FacialHairColor;
+        var facialHairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.FacialHair, out var facialHairAlpha, _prototypeManager)
+            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor.WithAlpha(facialHairAlpha) : profile.Appearance.FacialHairColor;
         var facialHair = new Marking(profile.Appearance.FacialHairStyleId,
             new[] { facialHairColor });
 
diff --git a/Content.Client/Humanoid/MarkingPicker.xaml.cs b/Content.Client/Humanoid/MarkingPicker.xaml.cs
index f284b84cd2..0f314783e2 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Humanoid/MarkingPicker.xaml.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Humanoid/MarkingPicker.xaml.cs
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public sealed partial class MarkingPicker : Control
             markingSet.AddBack(MarkingCategories.FacialHair, FacialHairMarking);
         }
 
-        if (!_markingManager.MustMatchSkin(_currentSpecies, marking.BodyPart, _prototypeManager))
+        if (!_markingManager.MustMatchSkin(_currentSpecies, marking.BodyPart, out var _, _prototypeManager))
         {
             // Do default coloring
             var colors = MarkingColoring.GetMarkingLayerColors(
diff --git a/Content.Client/Preferences/UI/HumanoidProfileEditor.xaml.cs b/Content.Client/Preferences/UI/HumanoidProfileEditor.xaml.cs
index 4330a87945..d95d72b937 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Preferences/UI/HumanoidProfileEditor.xaml.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Preferences/UI/HumanoidProfileEditor.xaml.cs
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Preferences.UI
             {
                 if (_markingManager.CanBeApplied(Profile.Species, hairProto, _prototypeManager))
                 {
-                    if (_markingManager.MustMatchSkin(Profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, _prototypeManager))
+                    if (_markingManager.MustMatchSkin(Profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, out var _, _prototypeManager))
                     {
                         hairColor = Profile.Appearance.SkinColor;
                     }
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Preferences.UI
             {
                 if (_markingManager.CanBeApplied(Profile.Species, facialHairProto, _prototypeManager))
                 {
-                    if (_markingManager.MustMatchSkin(Profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, _prototypeManager))
+                    if (_markingManager.MustMatchSkin(Profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, out var _, _prototypeManager))
                     {
                         facialHairColor = Profile.Appearance.SkinColor;
                     }
diff --git a/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs
index 669c1cb1b4..5cf3999d8e 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidAppearanceSystem.cs
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ public sealed partial class HumanoidAppearanceSystem : SharedHumanoidAppearanceS
 
         // Hair/facial hair - this may eventually be deprecated.
         // We need to ensure hair before applying it or coloring can try depend on markings that can be invalid
-        var hairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, _prototypeManager)
-            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor : profile.Appearance.HairColor;
-        var facialHairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.FacialHair, _prototypeManager)
-            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor : profile.Appearance.FacialHairColor;
+        var hairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.Hair, out var hairAlpha, _prototypeManager)
+            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor.WithAlpha(hairAlpha) : profile.Appearance.HairColor;
+        var facialHairColor = _markingManager.MustMatchSkin(profile.Species, HumanoidVisualLayers.FacialHair, out var facialHairAlpha, _prototypeManager)
+            ? profile.Appearance.SkinColor.WithAlpha(facialHairAlpha) : profile.Appearance.FacialHairColor;
         
         if (_markingManager.Markings.TryGetValue(profile.Appearance.HairStyleId, out var hairPrototype) &&
             _markingManager.CanBeApplied(profile.Species, hairPrototype, _prototypeManager))
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingManager.cs b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingManager.cs
index 08a721d345..9a72f5eebc 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingManager.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingManager.cs
@@ -166,10 +166,9 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Humanoid.Markings
             return true;
         }
 
-        public bool MustMatchSkin(string species, HumanoidVisualLayers layer, IPrototypeManager? prototypeManager = null)
+        public bool MustMatchSkin(string species, HumanoidVisualLayers layer, out float alpha, IPrototypeManager? prototypeManager = null)
         {
             IoCManager.Resolve(ref prototypeManager);
-
             var speciesProto = prototypeManager.Index<SpeciesPrototype>(species);
             if (
                 !prototypeManager.TryIndex(speciesProto.SpriteSet, out HumanoidSpeciesBaseSpritesPrototype? baseSprites) ||
@@ -179,9 +178,11 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Humanoid.Markings
                 !sprite.MarkingsMatchSkin
             )
             {
+                alpha = 1f;
                 return false;
             }
             
+            alpha = sprite.LayerAlpha;
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingsSet.cs b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingsSet.cs
index 9535e28e1a..393ca6e135 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingsSet.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Markings/MarkingsSet.cs
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ public sealed class MarkingSet
                 foreach (var marking in list)
                 {
                     if (markingManager.TryGetMarking(marking, out var prototype) &&
-                        markingManager.MustMatchSkin(species, prototype.BodyPart, prototypeManager))
+                        markingManager.MustMatchSkin(species, prototype.BodyPart, out var alpha, prototypeManager))
                     {
-                        marking.SetColor(skinColor.Value);
+                        marking.SetColor(skinColor.Value.WithAlpha(alpha));
                     }
                 }
             }