diff --git a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp
index 999e70040c9c..04b708931dfc 100644
--- a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp
@@ -96,19 +96,21 @@ void DlgPrefColors::slotUpdate() {
                     BaseTrackTableModel::kKeyColorsEnabledDefault));
     for (const auto& palette : std::as_const(mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kPalettes)) {
         QString paletteName = palette.getName();
+        QString translatedName = QCoreApplication::translate(
+                "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(paletteName));
         QIcon paletteIcon = drawPalettePreview(paletteName);
-        comboBoxHotcueColors->addItem(tr(qPrintable(paletteName)), paletteName);
+        comboBoxHotcueColors->addItem(translatedName, paletteName);
         comboBoxHotcueColors->setItemIcon(
                 comboBoxHotcueColors->count() - 1,
                 paletteIcon);
 
-        comboBoxTrackColors->addItem(tr(qPrintable(paletteName)), paletteName);
+        comboBoxTrackColors->addItem(translatedName, paletteName);
         comboBoxTrackColors->setItemIcon(
                 comboBoxTrackColors->count() - 1,
                 paletteIcon);
 
         if (palette.size() == 12) {
-            comboBoxKeyColors->addItem(tr(qPrintable(paletteName)), paletteName);
+            comboBoxKeyColors->addItem(translatedName, paletteName);
             comboBoxKeyColors->setItemIcon(
                     comboBoxKeyColors->count() - 1,
                     paletteIcon);
@@ -117,12 +119,14 @@ void DlgPrefColors::slotUpdate() {
 
     const QSet<QString> colorPaletteNames = m_colorPaletteSettings.getColorPaletteNames();
     for (const auto& paletteName : colorPaletteNames) {
+        QString translatedName = QCoreApplication::translate(
+                "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(paletteName));
         QIcon paletteIcon = drawPalettePreview(paletteName);
-        comboBoxHotcueColors->addItem(tr(qPrintable(paletteName)), paletteName);
+        comboBoxHotcueColors->addItem(translatedName, paletteName);
         comboBoxHotcueColors->setItemIcon(
                 comboBoxHotcueColors->count() - 1,
                 paletteIcon);
-        comboBoxTrackColors->addItem(tr(qPrintable(paletteName)), paletteName);
+        comboBoxTrackColors->addItem(translatedName, paletteName);
         comboBoxTrackColors->setItemIcon(
                 comboBoxHotcueColors->count() - 1,
                 paletteIcon);
@@ -130,19 +134,19 @@ void DlgPrefColors::slotUpdate() {
 
     const ColorPalette trackPalette =
             m_colorPaletteSettings.getTrackColorPalette();
-    comboBoxTrackColors->setCurrentText(
-            tr(qPrintable(trackPalette.getName())));
+    comboBoxTrackColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(trackPalette.getName())));
 
     const ColorPalette hotcuePalette =
             m_colorPaletteSettings.getHotcueColorPalette();
-    comboBoxHotcueColors->setCurrentText(
-            tr(qPrintable(hotcuePalette.getName())));
+    comboBoxHotcueColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(hotcuePalette.getName())));
     slotHotcuePaletteIndexChanged(comboBoxHotcueColors->currentIndex());
 
     const ColorPalette keyPalette =
             m_colorPaletteSettings.getKeyColorPalette();
-    comboBoxKeyColors->setCurrentText(
-            tr(qPrintable(keyPalette.getName())));
+    comboBoxKeyColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(keyPalette.getName())));
 
     bool autoHotcueColors = m_pConfig->getValue(kAutoHotcueColorsConfigKey, false);
     if (autoHotcueColors) {
@@ -180,15 +184,19 @@ void DlgPrefColors::slotUpdate() {
 
 // Set the default values for all the widgets
 void DlgPrefColors::slotResetToDefaults() {
-    comboBoxHotcueColors->setCurrentText(
-            tr(qPrintable(mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultHotcueColorPalette
-                                  .getName())));
-    comboBoxTrackColors->setCurrentText(
-            tr(qPrintable(mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultTrackColorPalette
-                                  .getName())));
-    comboBoxKeyColors->setCurrentText(
-            tr(qPrintable(mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultKeyColorPalette
-                                  .getName())));
+    comboBoxHotcueColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes",
+            qPrintable(
+                    mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultHotcueColorPalette
+                            .getName())));
+    comboBoxTrackColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes",
+            qPrintable(mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultTrackColorPalette
+                               .getName())));
+    comboBoxKeyColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes",
+            qPrintable(mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultKeyColorPalette
+                               .getName())));
     comboBoxHotcueDefaultColor->setCurrentIndex(
             mixxx::PredefinedColorPalettes::kDefaultTrackColorPalette.size());
     comboBoxLoopDefaultColor->setCurrentIndex(
@@ -465,8 +473,10 @@ void DlgPrefColors::restoreComboBoxes(
         const QString& trackColors,
         int defaultHotcueColor,
         int defaultLoopColor) {
-    comboBoxHotcueColors->setCurrentText(tr(qPrintable(hotcueColors)));
-    comboBoxTrackColors->setCurrentText(tr(qPrintable(trackColors)));
+    comboBoxHotcueColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(hotcueColors)));
+    comboBoxTrackColors->setCurrentText(QCoreApplication::translate(
+            "PredefinedColorPalettes", qPrintable(trackColors)));
     if (comboBoxHotcueDefaultColor->count() > defaultHotcueColor) {
         comboBoxHotcueDefaultColor->setCurrentIndex(defaultHotcueColor);
     } else {