diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManager.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManager.cpp
index 28660f5b64..98b81d0623 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManager.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void EditModeCoinManager::ParameterObserver::initParameters()
          }},
         {"ExternalPattern",
          [this, &drawingParameters = Client.drawingParameters](const std::string& param) {
-             updatePattern(drawingParameters.ExternalPattern, param, 0b1110010011100100);
+             updatePattern(drawingParameters.ExternalPattern, param, 0b1111110011111100);
          }},
         {"CreateLineColor",
          [this, drawingParameters = Client.drawingParameters](const std::string& param) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp
index 70c7bb1690..7f044b589f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,34 @@
 
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
 
+#include "Mod/Sketcher/App/ExternalGeometryFacade.h"
+
 #include "EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h"
 
 
 using namespace SketcherGui;
 
+int GeometryLayerParameters::getSubLayerIndex(const int geoId,
+                                              const Sketcher::GeometryFacade* geom) const
+{
+    bool isConstruction = geom->getConstruction();
+    bool isInternal = geom->isInternalAligned();
+    bool isExternal = geoId <= Sketcher::GeoEnum::RefExt;
+    if (isExternal) {
+        auto egf = Sketcher::ExternalGeometryFacade::getFacade(geom->clone());
+        if (egf->testFlag(Sketcher::ExternalGeometryExtension::Defining)) {
+            // Defining external are added to the Normal sublayers because they
+            // share the same line style.
+            return static_cast<int>(SubLayer::Normal);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return static_cast<int>(isExternal           ? SubLayer::External
+                                : isInternal     ? SubLayer::Internal
+                                : isConstruction ? SubLayer::Construction
+                                                 : SubLayer::Normal);
+}
+
 SbColor DrawingParameters::InformationColor(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);       // #00FF00 -> (  0,255,  0)
 SbColor DrawingParameters::CreateCurveColor(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f);       // ##7f7f7f -> (127,127,127)
 SbColor DrawingParameters::CrossColorH(0.8f, 0.4f, 0.4f);            // #CC6666 -> (204,102,102)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h
index bff79da439..877144c050 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct DrawingParameters
     unsigned int CurvePattern = 0b1111111111111111;         // pattern of normal edges
     unsigned int ConstructionPattern = 0b1111110011111100;  // pattern of construction edges
     unsigned int InternalPattern = 0b1111110011111100;      // pattern of internal edges
-    unsigned int ExternalPattern = 0b1110010011100100;      // pattern of external edges
+    unsigned int ExternalPattern = 0b1111110011111100;      // pattern of external edges
     //@}
 };
 
@@ -304,17 +304,7 @@ public:
         return SubLayers;
     }
 
-    int inline getSubLayerIndex(const int geoId, const Sketcher::GeometryFacade* geom) const
-    {
-        bool isConstruction = geom->getConstruction();
-        bool isInternal = geom->isInternalAligned();
-        bool isExternal = geoId <= Sketcher::GeoEnum::RefExt;
-
-        return static_cast<int>(isExternal           ? SubLayer::External
-                                    : isInternal     ? SubLayer::Internal
-                                    : isConstruction ? SubLayer::Construction
-                                                     : SubLayer::Normal);
-    }
+    int getSubLayerIndex(const int geoId, const Sketcher::GeometryFacade* geom) const;
 
     bool isNormalSubLayer(int t) const
     {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeGeometryCoinManager.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeGeometryCoinManager.cpp
index afcd044ccf..b215874e0d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeGeometryCoinManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeGeometryCoinManager.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ void EditModeGeometryCoinManager::updateGeometryColor(const GeoListFacade& geoli
                     ViewProviderSketchCoinAttorney::isCurveSelected(viewProvider, GeoId);
                 bool preselected = (preselectcurve == GeoId);
                 bool constrainedElement = isFullyConstraintElement(GeoId);
+                bool isExternal = GeoId < -1;
 
                 if (selected || preselected) {
                     color[i] = selected ? (preselected ? drawingParameters.PreselectSelectedColor
@@ -414,16 +415,13 @@ void EditModeGeometryCoinManager::updateGeometryColor(const GeoListFacade& geoli
                             SbVec3f(x, y, viewOrientationFactor * drawingParameters.zHighLine);
                     }
                 }
-                else if (geometryLayerParameters.isExternalSubLayer(t)) {
+                else if (isExternal) {
                     auto geom = geolistfacade.getGeometryFacadeFromGeoId(GeoId);
                     auto egf = ExternalGeometryFacade::getFacade(geom->clone());
                     auto ref = egf->getRef();
                     if (egf->testFlag(ExternalGeometryExtension::Missing)) {
                         color[i] = drawingParameters.InvalidSketchColor;
                     }
-                    else if (egf->testFlag(ExternalGeometryExtension::Defining)) {
-                        color[i] = drawingParameters.CurveColor;
-                    }
                     else {
                         color[i] = drawingParameters.CurveExternalColor;
                     }
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettings.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettings.cpp
index 5ddf096770..c74c9e32f8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettings.cpp
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ void SketcherSettingsAppearance::loadSettings()
     }
     ui->InternalPattern->setCurrentIndex(index);
 
-    pattern = hGrp->GetInt("ExternalPattern", 0b1110010011100100);
+    pattern = hGrp->GetInt("ExternalPattern", 0b1111110011111100);
     index = ui->ExternalPattern->findData(QVariant(pattern));
     if (index < 0) {
         index = 0;