diff -Nurpd a/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp b/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp
--- a/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp	2023-11-27 18:02:57.000000000 +0100
+++ b/scribus/prefsmanager.cpp	2023-11-27 18:06:45.700849328 +0100
@@ -398,8 +398,10 @@ void PrefsManager::initDefaults()
 	appPrefs.colorPrefs.DCMSset.SoftProofFullOn = false;
 	appPrefs.colorPrefs.DCMSset.GamutCheck = false;
 	appPrefs.colorPrefs.DCMSset.BlackPoint = true;
+	// The vast majority of CMYK profiles only support the Relative Colorimetric table
+	// (which is duplicated into the Perceptual and Saturation tables)
 	appPrefs.colorPrefs.DCMSset.DefaultIntentColors = Intent_Relative_Colorimetric;
-	appPrefs.colorPrefs.DCMSset.DefaultIntentImages = Intent_Perceptual;
+	appPrefs.colorPrefs.DCMSset.DefaultIntentImages = Intent_Relative_Colorimetric;
 
 	appPrefs.fontPrefs.GFontSub.clear();
 	appPrefs.displayPrefs.scratch.setLeft(100);
