diff --git a/ts/editor/editor-toolbar/TextColorButton.svelte b/ts/editor/editor-toolbar/TextColorButton.svelte
index 5230d0c55..14ef80a32 100644
--- a/ts/editor/editor-toolbar/TextColorButton.svelte
+++ b/ts/editor/editor-toolbar/TextColorButton.svelte
@@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
                 color = setColor(event);
                 bridgeCommand(`lastTextColor:${color}`);
             }}
-            on:change={() => setTextColor()}
+            on:change={() => {
+                // Delay added to work around intermittent failures on macOS/Qt6.5
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    setTextColor();
+                }, 200);
+            }}
         />
     </IconButton>
 </WithColorHelper>