diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index b1a173f..e6b7d0c 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,27 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <title>Holy Flavors</title>
   </head>
-  <body>
+  <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0;">
+    <script>
+      (function() {
+        const theme = localStorage.getItem('theme') || 'holy_light';
+        const darkThemes = ['holy_dark', 'frappe', 'macchiato', 'mocha', 'dracula', 'nord', 'gruvbox', 'oceanic', 't0p_trench', 't0p_blurryface', 't0p_clancy'];
+        const isDark = darkThemes.includes(theme);
+        
+        // Define primary background colors for common themes to prevent flash
+        const bgColors = {
+          'holy_light': '#f8fafc',
+          'holy_dark': '#020617',
+          'pink_pastel': '#fff1f2',
+          'mocha': '#1e1e2e',
+          't0p_sai': '#fdf2f8',
+          't0p_trench': '#1a1a1a'
+        };
+        
+        document.body.style.backgroundColor = bgColors[theme] || (isDark ? '#0f172a' : '#f8fafc');
+        document.body.style.color = isDark ? '#f8fafc' : '#0f172a';
+      })();
+    </script>
     <div id="root"></div>
     <script type="module" src="/src/main.tsx"></script>
   </body>
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 5285b06..24e1b64 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
         
         if (userRes.data && userRes.data.username) {
             setUser(userRes.data);
-            if (userRes.data.theme) setThemeName(userRes.data.theme);
+            if (userRes.data.theme) {
+                setThemeName(userRes.data.theme);
+                localStorage.setItem('theme', userRes.data.theme);
+            }
             if (userRes.data.language) i18n.changeLanguage(userRes.data.language);
             
             try {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/PublicProfile.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/PublicProfile.tsx
index 542b364..4efe4c9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/PublicProfile.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/PublicProfile.tsx
@@ -121,8 +121,30 @@ const PublicProfile: React.FC<PublicProfileProps> = ({ adminMode }) => {
           img.onload = () => {
               const colorThief = new ColorThief();
               try {
-                  const colors = colorThief.getPalette(img, 3);
-                  setPalette(colors.map(c => `rgb(${c[0]}, ${c[1]}, ${c[2]})`));
+                  const palette = colorThief.getPalette(img, 10);
+                  
+                  // Filter for colors that are neither too dark nor too bright (washed out)
+                  // and prefer higher saturation
+                  const processed = palette.map(c => {
+                      const r = c[0] / 255, g = c[1] / 255, b = c[2] / 255;
+                      const max = Math.max(r, g, b), min = Math.min(r, g, b);
+                      const l = (max + min) / 2;
+                      const s = max === min ? 0 : (l > 0.5 ? (max - min) / (2 - max - min) : (max - min) / (max + min));
+                      return { rgb: `rgb(${c[0]}, ${c[1]}, ${c[2]})`, l, s };
+                  });
+
+                  // Sort by saturation (highest first) then filter by luminance (0.3 - 0.8 range)
+                  const vibrant = processed
+                      .filter(c => c.l > 0.2 && c.l < 0.85) // Avoid pure black/white
+                      .sort((a, b) => b.s - a.s); // Prefer colorful ones
+
+                  if (vibrant.length >= 2) {
+                      setPalette([vibrant[0].rgb, vibrant[1].rgb]);
+                  } else if (vibrant.length === 1) {
+                      setPalette([vibrant[0].rgb, vibrant[0].rgb]);
+                  } else {
+                      setPalette([]);
+                  }
               } catch (e) {
                   setPalette([]);
               }
@@ -206,15 +228,17 @@ const PublicProfile: React.FC<PublicProfileProps> = ({ adminMode }) => {
   const bannerColors = [
       palette[0] || theme.palette.primary.main,
       palette[1] || theme.palette.secondary.main,
-      theme.palette.primary.main,
-      theme.palette.secondary.main
+      theme.palette.secondary.main,
+      theme.palette.primary.main
   ];
 
   const abstractBanner = `
-    radial-gradient(at 0% 0%, ${alpha(bannerColors[0], 0.6)} 0px, transparent 50%),
-    radial-gradient(at 100% 0%, ${alpha(bannerColors[1], 0.4)} 0px, transparent 50%),
-    radial-gradient(at 50% 100%, ${alpha(bannerColors[2], 0.3)} 0px, transparent 50%),
-    linear-gradient(135deg, ${alpha(bannerColors[0], 0.1)} 0%, ${alpha(bannerColors[3], 0.1)} 100%)
+    radial-gradient(at 0% 0%, ${alpha(bannerColors[0], 0.8)} 0px, transparent 55%),
+    radial-gradient(at 100% 0%, ${alpha(bannerColors[1], 0.7)} 0px, transparent 55%),
+    radial-gradient(at 100% 100%, ${alpha(bannerColors[2], 0.6)} 0px, transparent 55%),
+    radial-gradient(at 0% 100%, ${alpha(bannerColors[3], 0.5)} 0px, transparent 55%),
+    radial-gradient(at 50% 50%, ${alpha(bannerColors[0], 0.4)} 0px, transparent 60%),
+    linear-gradient(135deg, ${alpha(bannerColors[0], 0.2)} 0%, ${alpha(bannerColors[1], 0.2)} 100%)
   `;
 
   const handleGoBack = () => {