diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx
index 607d429..af87296 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx
@@ -167,7 +167,23 @@ function statusLabel(s: string, t: (k: string) => string, muted = false): string
   }
 }
 
-function statusStyle(s: string): { pill: string; bar: string; line: string; dot: string } {
+// QUIET: no status colour at all. The pill keeps the card background and the
+// accent drops to a plain border grey, so the spot is present but says nothing.
+const QUIET_STYLE = {
+  pill: 'bg-card text-muted-foreground border-border/60 hover:bg-muted/50',
+  bar:  'bg-muted-foreground/30',
+  line: 'stroke-border',
+  dot:  'fill-border',
+};
+
+function statusStyle(s: string, muted = false): { pill: string; bar: string; line: string; dot: string } {
+  // A muted spot must land on QUIET, never on the default branch below. That
+  // default paints bg-primary/60 — the theme's burnt orange at 60 % over a dark
+  // card, i.e. brown — because it was written for the rare unresolved entity and
+  // orange is this app's "look here" colour. With the mute option on, most of
+  // the map is muted, so the whole band map turned brown and the quietest spots
+  // shouted the loudest.
+  if (muted) return QUIET_STYLE;
   // pill = full pill background+text+border
   // bar  = thick left accent inside the pill
   // line = SVG leader stroke (visible on hover)
@@ -191,12 +207,7 @@ function statusStyle(s: string): { pill: string; bar: string; line: string; dot:
       line: 'stroke-caution',
       dot:  'fill-caution',
     };
-    case 'worked':   return {
-      pill: 'bg-card text-muted-foreground border-border/60 hover:bg-muted/50',
-      bar:  'bg-muted-foreground/30',
-      line: 'stroke-border',
-      dot:  'fill-border',
-    };
+    case 'worked':   return QUIET_STYLE;
     default:         return {
       pill: 'bg-card text-foreground border-border hover:bg-accent/40',
       bar:  'bg-primary/60',
@@ -564,7 +575,7 @@ export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz,
             {placed.map((p, i) => {
               const k = spotStatusKey(p.spot.dx_call, p.spot.band ?? '', p.spot.comment ?? '', p.spot.freq_hz);
               const st = spotStatus[k]?.status ?? '';
-              const style = statusStyle(st);
+              const style = statusStyle(st, spotStatus[k]?.muted);
               const labelMidY = p.labelY + PILL_H / 2;
               const bumped = Math.abs(p.freqY - labelMidY) > 0.5;
               return (
@@ -612,7 +623,7 @@ export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz,
             const k = spotStatusKey(p.spot.dx_call, p.spot.band ?? '', p.spot.comment ?? '', p.spot.freq_hz);
             const entry = spotStatus[k];
             const st = entry?.status ?? '';
-            const style = statusStyle(st);
+            const style = statusStyle(st, entry?.muted);
             const mode = inferSpotMode(p.spot.comment ?? '', p.spot.freq_hz);
             return (
               <button