diff -Nurpd a/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp b/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp
--- a/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp	2023-08-14 16:25:41.000000000 +0200
+++ b/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp	2023-08-14 18:14:48.212740269 +0200
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ void PrefsManager::initDefaults()
 	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.majorGridColor = QColor(Qt::green);
 	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.marginColor = QColor(Qt::blue);
 	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.guideColor = QColor(Qt::darkBlue);
-	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.baselineGridColor = QColor(Qt::lightGray);
+	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.baselineGridColor = QColorConstants::Svg::whitesmoke;
 	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.renderStackOrder.clear();
-	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.renderStackOrder << 2 << 0 << 4 << 1 << 3;
+	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.renderStackOrder << 2 << 1 << 0 << 4 << 3; // (3) Guides, (4) Content Objects, (0) Margins, (1) Baseline Grid, (2) Grid
 	appPrefs.guidesPrefs.gridType = 0;
 	appPrefs.typoPrefs.valueSuperScript = 33;
 	appPrefs.typoPrefs.scalingSuperScript = 66;
