diff --git a/gtk/theme/Adwaita/_common.scss b/gtk/theme/Adwaita/_common.scss
index 5ff65c054b..3f43680a3a 100644
--- a/gtk/theme/Adwaita/_common.scss
+++ b/gtk/theme/Adwaita/_common.scss
@@ -3939,11 +3939,9 @@ colorswatch {
   // is colorswatch overlay {}, colorswatch has the programmatically set background, so most of the style is
   // applied to the overlay box.
 
-  &, &:drop(active) { border-style: none; } // FIXME: implement a proper drop(active) state
+  &:drop(active), & { border-style: none; } // FIXME: implement a proper drop(active) state
 
   $_colorswatch_radius: 5px;
-  $_colorswatch_overlay_shadow: if($variant == 'light', inset 0 2px 2px -3px transparentize(black, 0.3),
-                                                        inset 0 3px 2px -2px transparentize(black, 0.5));
 
   // base color corners rounding
   // to avoid the artifacts caused by rounded corner anti-aliasing the base color
@@ -4025,10 +4023,12 @@ colorswatch {
   }
 
   overlay {
-    box-shadow: $_colorswatch_overlay_shadow;
     border: 1px solid if($variant == 'light', transparentize(black, 0.7), $borders_color);
 
-    &:hover { box-shadow: inset 0 1px transparentize(white, 0.7); }
+    &:hover {
+      box-shadow: inset 0 1px transparentize(white, 0.6),
+                  inset 0 -1px transparentize(black, 0.8);
+    }
 
     &:backdrop, &:backdrop:hover {
       border-color: if($variant == 'light', transparentize(black, 0.7), $borders_color);
diff --git a/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained-dark.css b/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained-dark.css
index 79965c7a68..f564ff4abb 100644
--- a/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained-dark.css
+++ b/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained-dark.css
@@ -4257,7 +4257,7 @@ tooltip {
 /*****************
  * Color Chooser *
  *****************/
-colorswatch, colorswatch:drop(active) {
+colorswatch:drop(active), colorswatch {
   border-style: none; }
 colorswatch.top {
   border-top-left-radius: 5.5px;
@@ -4304,10 +4304,9 @@ colorswatch:drop(active) {
     border-color: #4e9a06;
     box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #212424, inset 0 0 0 1px #4e9a06; }
 colorswatch overlay {
-  box-shadow: inset 0 3px 2px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
   border: 1px solid #212424; }
   colorswatch overlay:hover {
-    box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); }
+    box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), inset 0 -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); }
   colorswatch overlay:backdrop, colorswatch overlay:backdrop:hover {
     border-color: #212424;
     box-shadow: none; }
diff --git a/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained.css b/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained.css
index da9ab202ca..92c8341222 100644
--- a/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained.css
+++ b/gtk/theme/Adwaita/gtk-contained.css
@@ -4286,7 +4286,7 @@ tooltip {
 /*****************
  * Color Chooser *
  *****************/
-colorswatch, colorswatch:drop(active) {
+colorswatch:drop(active), colorswatch {
   border-style: none; }
 colorswatch.top {
   border-top-left-radius: 5.5px;
@@ -4333,10 +4333,9 @@ colorswatch:drop(active) {
     border-color: #4e9a06;
     box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), inset 0 0 0 1px #4e9a06; }
 colorswatch overlay {
-  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 2px -3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
   border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); }
   colorswatch overlay:hover {
-    box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); }
+    box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), inset 0 -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); }
   colorswatch overlay:backdrop, colorswatch overlay:backdrop:hover {
     border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
     box-shadow: none; }