diff --git a/src/app_model/backends/qt/_util.py b/src/app_model/backends/qt/_util.py
index 45348e2..0f816ff 100644
--- a/src/app_model/backends/qt/_util.py
+++ b/src/app_model/backends/qt/_util.py
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ def to_qicon(icon: Icon, theme: Literal["dark", "light"] = "dark") -> QIcon:
     """Create QIcon from Icon."""
     from superqt import QIconifyIcon, fonticon
 
+    color = "white" if theme == "dark" else "black"
     if icn := getattr(icon, theme, ""):
         if icn.startswith("file://"):
             return QIcon(QUrl(icn).toLocalFile())
         elif ":" in icn:
-            return QIconifyIcon(icn)
+            return QIconifyIcon(icn, color=color)
         else:
-            return fonticon.icon(icn)
+            return fonticon.icon(icn, color=color)
     return QIcon()  # pragma: no cover