diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.test.ts
index e9f6d28b10..9f9fe880cc 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { CaptureSession } from "./frameCapture.js";
 import type { SubTimelineWaitMemo } from "../types.js";
 import {
   buildZeroDurationDiagnostic,
+  captureDeVerificationFrames,
   pollHfReady,
   captureFramesBatchPipelined,
   captureFrameToBufferPipelined,
@@ -726,3 +727,38 @@ describe("HF_READY_DIAGNOSTIC_EXPR (evaluated as real JS, not via a fake fixture
     expect(result.rejectedBuildReadyKeys).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("captureDeVerificationFrames", () => {
+  it("waits for the colour-grading LUTs after injecting video frames, before every truth screenshot", async () => {
+    const log: string[] = [];
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => {
+        log.push("screenshot");
+        return { data: "" };
+      }),
+    };
+    const page = {
+      createCDPSession: async () => cdp,
+      evaluate: vi.fn(async (fn: unknown) => {
+        const src = String(fn);
+        if (src.includes("waitForActiveLuts")) log.push("luts");
+        else if (src.includes("data-start")) return [];
+        return undefined;
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = {
+      options: { fps: 30, width: 8, height: 8, format: "jpeg", compositionDurationSeconds: 10 },
+      onBeforeCapture: async () => {
+        log.push("inject");
+      },
+    } as unknown as CaptureSession;
+
+    await captureDeVerificationFrames(session, page as never, () => {});
+
+    expect(session.deVerifyFrames?.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    log.forEach((entry, i) => {
+      if (entry === "inject") expect(log.slice(i + 1, i + 3)).toEqual(["luts", "screenshot"]);
+    });
+    expect(log).toContain("inject");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
index 9b367979f1..48d7859692 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
@@ -3269,14 +3269,7 @@ async function prepareFrameForCapture(
   session.captureStep = "waiting for page seek handlers";
   await waitForPendingSeekCompletion(page);
   session.captureStep = "loading color-grading LUTs";
-  await page.evaluate(async () => {
-    const runtime = (
-      window as Window & {
-        __hf?: { colorGrading?: { waitForActiveLuts?: () => Promise<number> } };
-      }
-    ).__hf?.colorGrading;
-    await runtime?.waitForActiveLuts?.();
-  });
+  await waitForColorGradingLuts(page);
   const beforeCaptureMs = Date.now() - beforeCaptureStart;
 
   // Page-side compositing three-phase protocol:
@@ -3346,6 +3339,18 @@ export function computeAuthoredClipBoundaryFrames(
   return frames;
 }
 
+/** A graded frame paints ungraded until the LUT has loaded, so wait before every screenshot. */
+async function waitForColorGradingLuts(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    const runtime = (
+      window as Window & {
+        __hf?: { colorGrading?: { waitForActiveLuts?: () => Promise<number> } };
+      }
+    ).__hf?.colorGrading;
+    await runtime?.waitForActiveLuts?.();
+  });
+}
+
 async function computeClipBoundaryFrames(page: Page, fps: number): Promise<Set<number>> {
   const schedule = await page.evaluate(() =>
     Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("[data-start]")).map((el) => ({
@@ -5408,7 +5413,7 @@ export async function seekDeVerifyTruth(
   );
 }
 
-async function captureDeVerificationFrames(
+export async function captureDeVerificationFrames(
   session: CaptureSession,
   page: Page,
   logInitPhase: (phase: string) => void,
@@ -5493,6 +5498,7 @@ async function captureDeVerificationFrames(
       // it, <video> elements screenshot black and every video comp would
       // false-positive into the screenshot fallback.
       await injectFrames?.(truthPage, t);
+      await waitForColorGradingLuts(truthPage);
       // The first screenshot forces a frame, which runs rAF-driven callbacks (a count-up lands
       // a tick after seek()); waiting on rAF via evaluate deadlocks, headless fires it only
       // when a frame is produced.