diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/freecadabout.png b/src/Gui/Icons/freecadabout.png
index 7410191142..e358b10f05 100644
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diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/freecadsplash.png b/src/Gui/Icons/freecadsplash.png
index 7410191142..e358b10f05 100644
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diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/freecadsplash2x.png b/src/Gui/Icons/freecadsplash2x.png
index d924a7bee3..9d73a17e1c 100644
Binary files a/src/Gui/Icons/freecadsplash2x.png and b/src/Gui/Icons/freecadsplash2x.png differ
diff --git a/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 2ad42ab93a..9d9adfed71 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1752,11 +1752,14 @@ QPixmap MainWindow::splashImage() const
         fontExe.setPointSizeF(20.0);
         QFontMetrics metricExe(fontExe);
         int l = QtTools::horizontalAdvance(metricExe, title);
+        if (title == QLatin1String("FreeCAD")) {
+            l = 0.0; // "FreeCAD" text is already part of the splashscreen, version goes below it
+        }
         int w = splash_image.width();
         int h = splash_image.height();
 
         QFont fontVer = painter.font();
-        fontVer.setPointSizeF(12.0);
+        fontVer.setPointSizeF(14.0);
         QFontMetrics metricVer(fontVer);
         int v = QtTools::horizontalAdvance(metricVer, version);
 
@@ -1777,7 +1780,10 @@ QPixmap MainWindow::splashImage() const
         if (color.isValid()) {
             painter.setPen(color);
             painter.setFont(fontExe);
-            painter.drawText(x, y, title);
+            if (title != QLatin1String("FreeCAD")) {
+                // FreeCAD's Splashscreen already contains the EXE name, no need to draw it
+                painter.drawText(x, y, title);
+            }
             painter.setFont(fontVer);
             painter.drawText(x + (l + 5), y, version);
             painter.end();
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index 6ceafee15c..cd4afd877b 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
     App::Application::Config()["StartWorkbench"] = "StartWorkbench";
     //App::Application::Config()["HiddenDockWindow"] = "Property editor";
     App::Application::Config()["SplashAlignment" ] = "Bottom|Left";
-    App::Application::Config()["SplashTextColor" ] = "#ffffff"; // white
-    App::Application::Config()["SplashInfoColor" ] = "#c8c8c8"; // light grey
-    App::Application::Config()["SplashInfoPosition" ] = "15.210";
+    App::Application::Config()["SplashTextColor" ] = "#8aadf4"; // light blue
+    App::Application::Config()["SplashInfoColor" ] = "#8aadf4"; // light blue 
+    App::Application::Config()["SplashInfoPosition" ] = "6,75";
 
     QGuiApplication::setDesktopFileName(QStringLiteral("org.freecad.FreeCAD.desktop"));