diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
index f76764c5f..14c1d4b8c 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
@@ -6504,7 +6504,6 @@ void GLCanvas3D::_picking_pass() const
             ::glReadPixels(pos(0), cnv_size.get_height() - pos(1) - 1, 1, 1, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, (void*)color);
             volume_id = color[0] + color[1] * 256 + color[2] * 256 * 256;
         }
-
         if ((0 <= volume_id) && (volume_id < (int)m_volumes.volumes.size()))
         {
             m_hover_volume_id = volume_id;
@@ -6513,7 +6512,7 @@ void GLCanvas3D::_picking_pass() const
         else
         {
             m_hover_volume_id = -1;
-            m_gizmos.set_hover_id(inside ? (254 - (int)color[2]) : -1);
+            m_gizmos.set_hover_id(inside && volume_id <= GLGizmoBase::BASE_ID ? (GLGizmoBase::BASE_ID - volume_id) : -1);
         }
 
         _update_volumes_hover_state();
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.cpp
index a87cb68fb..6ab2f46ab 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.cpp
@@ -244,13 +244,19 @@ void GLGizmoBase::update(const UpdateData& data, const GLCanvas3D::Selection& se
         on_update(data, selection);
 }
 
-float GLGizmoBase::picking_color_component(unsigned int id) const
+std::array<float, 3> GLGizmoBase::picking_color_component(unsigned int id) const
 {
-    int color = 254 - (int)id;
-    if (m_group_id > -1)
-        color -= m_group_id;
+    static const float INV_255 = 1.0f / 255.0f;
 
-    return (float)color / 255.0f;
+    id = BASE_ID - id;
+
+    if (m_group_id > -1)
+        id -= m_group_id;
+
+    // color components are encoded to match the calculation of volume_id made into GLCanvas3D::_picking_pass()
+    return std::array<float, 3> { (float)((id >> 0) & 0xff) * INV_255, // red
+                                  (float)((id >> 8) & 0xff) * INV_255, // green
+                                  (float)((id >> 16) & 0xff) * INV_255 }; // blue
 }
 
 void GLGizmoBase::render_grabbers(const BoundingBoxf3& box) const
@@ -281,9 +287,10 @@ void GLGizmoBase::render_grabbers_for_picking(const BoundingBoxf3& box) const
     {
         if (m_grabbers[i].enabled)
         {
-            m_grabbers[i].color[0] = 1.0f;
-            m_grabbers[i].color[1] = 1.0f;
-            m_grabbers[i].color[2] = picking_color_component(i);
+            std::array<float, 3> color = picking_color_component(i);
+            m_grabbers[i].color[0] = color[0];
+            m_grabbers[i].color[1] = color[1];
+            m_grabbers[i].color[2] = color[2];
             m_grabbers[i].render_for_picking(size);
         }
     }
@@ -1478,7 +1485,7 @@ void GLGizmoFlatten::on_render_for_picking(const GLCanvas3D::Selection& selectio
 			const_cast<GLGizmoFlatten*>(this)->update_planes();
         for (int i = 0; i < (int)m_planes.size(); ++i)
         {
-            ::glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, picking_color_component(i));
+            ::glColor3fv(picking_color_component(i).data());
             ::glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
             for (const Vec3d& vertex : m_planes[i].vertices)
             {
@@ -1878,9 +1885,10 @@ void GLGizmoSlaSupports::render_points(const GLCanvas3D::Selection& selection, b
 
         // First decide about the color of the point.
         if (picking) {
-            render_color[0] = 1.0f;
-            render_color[1] = 1.0f;
-            render_color[2] = picking_color_component(i);
+            std::array<float, 3> color = picking_color_component(i);
+            render_color[0] = color[0];
+            render_color[1] = color[1];
+            render_color[2] = color[2];
         }
         else {
             if ((m_hover_id == i && m_editing_mode)) { // ignore hover state unless editing mode is active
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.hpp
index a872a161e..4e44da540 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLGizmo.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ class ImGuiWrapper;
 
 class GLGizmoBase
 {
+public:
+    // Starting value for ids to avoid clashing with ids used by GLVolumes
+    // (254 is choosen to leave some space for forward compatibility)
+    static const unsigned int BASE_ID = 255 * 255 * 254;
+
 protected:
     struct Grabber
     {
@@ -175,7 +180,9 @@ protected:
     virtual void on_render_input_window(float x, float y, float bottom_limit, const GLCanvas3D::Selection& selection) {}
 #endif // ENABLE_IMGUI
 
-    float picking_color_component(unsigned int id) const;
+    // Returns the picking color for the given id, based on the BASE_ID constant
+    // No check is made for clashing with other picking color (i.e. GLVolumes)
+    std::array<float, 3> picking_color_component(unsigned int id) const;
     void render_grabbers(const BoundingBoxf3& box) const;
     void render_grabbers(float size) const;
     void render_grabbers_for_picking(const BoundingBoxf3& box) const;