diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.scss b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.scss
index e0f81b222..eb44f09f2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.scss
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.scss
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@
   overflow: hidden;
 
   font-family: var(--font-family-override, $viewer-font-family);
-  background: var(--background-color-override, var(--tp-background));
-  color: var(--color-override, var(--tp-color));
+  /**
+   * White on black is the prompter default and there is no option to change it.
+   * Anyone needing another palette has the project's CSS override stylesheet,
+   * which ViewLoader injects into this view and which can restyle anything.
+   */
+  background: var(--background-color-override, #000000);
+  color: var(--color-override, #ffffff);
 
   /**
    * The flip is applied to the whole view rather than to the text alone.
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx
index bdb46d759..7e4d537d2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ function Teleprompter({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields }: TeleprompterDa
     // the overlays and by 1dvh for the content padding. Percentage padding would
     // resolve against width and put the first line nowhere near the reading line
     '--tp-reading-line': options.readingLinePos,
-    '--tp-background': options.keyColour,
-    '--tp-color': options.textColour,
-    ...(options.font ? { '--font-family-override': options.font } : {}),
   } as CSSProperties;
 
   return (
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/__tests__/teleprompter.options.test.ts b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/__tests__/teleprompter.options.test.ts
index de549fe5b..3b31374fd 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/__tests__/teleprompter.options.test.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/__tests__/teleprompter.options.test.ts
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@ describe('getOptionsFromParams()', () => {
     expect(getOptionsFromParams(new URLSearchParams('readingLine=banana')).readingLine).toBe('line');
   });
 
-  test('adds the hash back to colour params', () => {
-    const options = getOptionsFromParams(new URLSearchParams('keyColour=112233&textColour=ffee00'));
-    expect(options.keyColour).toBe('#112233');
-    expect(options.textColour).toBe('#ffee00');
-  });
-
   test('preset values take precedence over the search params', () => {
     const options = getOptionsFromParams(
       new URLSearchParams('speed=10&script=custom-a'),
@@ -100,8 +94,7 @@ describe('getTeleprompterOptions()', () => {
 
     for (const field of declared) {
       if (!('defaultValue' in field) || field.defaultValue === undefined) continue;
-      // colours are declared bare and parsed with the hash added back
-      const expected = field.type === 'colour' ? `#${field.defaultValue}` : field.defaultValue;
+      const expected = field.defaultValue;
       expect({ id: field.id, value: parsedByParamId[field.id] }).toEqual({ id: field.id, value: expected });
     }
   });
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.options.ts b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.options.ts
index 39af31329..8d9c86ebb 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.options.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.options.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { OptionTitle } from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/constant
 import type { ViewOption } from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/viewParams.types';
 import { makeOptionsFromCustomFields } from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/viewParams.utils';
 import { PresetContext } from '../../common/context/PresetContext';
-import { isStringBoolean, makeColourString } from '../common/viewUtils';
+import { isStringBoolean } from '../common/viewUtils';
 import { clampSpeed, DEFAULT_SPEED, MAX_SPEED, MIN_SPEED } from './teleprompter.scroll';
 import type { HeadingSource, ReadingLineVariant, TeleprompterOptions } from './teleprompter.types';
 
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ const defaults = {
   dimPast: true,
   flipH: false,
   flipV: false,
-  keyColour: '000000',
-  textColour: 'ffffff',
 } satisfies Partial<Record<string, unknown>>;
 
 /** ranges for the numeric options, applied when parsing */
@@ -193,27 +191,6 @@ export const getTeleprompterOptions = (customFields: CustomFields): ViewOption[]
           type: 'boolean',
           defaultValue: defaults.flipV,
         },
-        {
-          id: 'font',
-          title: 'Font',
-          description: 'Font family, will use the fonts available in the system',
-          type: 'string',
-          placeholder: 'Open Sans (default)',
-        },
-        {
-          id: 'keyColour',
-          title: 'Key Colour',
-          description: 'Background or key colour for entire view. Default: #000000',
-          type: 'colour',
-          defaultValue: defaults.keyColour,
-        },
-        {
-          id: 'textColour',
-          title: 'Text Colour',
-          description: 'Colour of the script text. Default: #ffffff',
-          type: 'colour',
-          defaultValue: defaults.textColour,
-        },
       ],
     },
   ];
@@ -234,14 +211,6 @@ function toBoolean(value: string | null, fallback: boolean): boolean {
   return value === null ? fallback : isStringBoolean(value);
 }
 
-/**
- * Colours are always defaulted here, so unlike the shared helper this cannot
- * come back empty and the view needs no fallback of its own.
- */
-function toColour(value: string | null, fallback: string): string {
-  return makeColourString(value ?? fallback) ?? fallback;
-}
-
 function toEnum<T extends string>(value: string | null, allowed: readonly T[], fallback: string): T {
   return allowed.includes(value as T) ? (value as T) : (fallback as T);
 }
@@ -275,10 +244,6 @@ export function getOptionsFromParams(
     readingLinePos: toNumber(getValue('readingLinePos'), bounds.readingLinePos, defaults.readingLinePos),
     flipH: toBoolean(getValue('flipH'), defaults.flipH),
     flipV: toBoolean(getValue('flipV'), defaults.flipV),
-
-    font: getValue('font') ?? undefined,
-    keyColour: toColour(getValue('keyColour'), defaults.keyColour),
-    textColour: toColour(getValue('textColour'), defaults.textColour),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.types.ts b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.types.ts
index 08b9cd056..72a9bf725 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.types.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/teleprompter.types.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ export type TeleprompterOptions = {
   fontSize: number;
   lineHeight: number;
   textWidth: number;
-  font?: string;
-  keyColour: string;
-  textColour: string;
   dimPast: boolean;
   readingLine: ReadingLineVariant;
   readingLinePos: number;