diff --git a/crates/gpui/playground/src/element.rs b/crates/gpui/playground/src/element.rs
index 6567a69252..ff1e6412b8 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/playground/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/playground/src/element.rs
@@ -524,6 +524,21 @@ impl<V: 'static> AnyElement<V> {
             from_element: element_layout.as_mut(),
         };
 
+        let fill_color = self
+            .element
+            .style_mut()
+            .fill
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(Fill::color)
+            .map(Into::into);
+
+        cx.scene.push_quad(gpui::scene::Quad {
+            bounds: layout.from_engine.bounds,
+            background: fill_color,
+            border: Default::default(),
+            corner_radii: Default::default(),
+        });
+
         for event_handler in self.element.handlers_mut().iter().cloned() {
             let EngineLayout { order, bounds } = layout.from_engine;
 
diff --git a/crates/gpui/playground/src/frame.rs b/crates/gpui/playground/src/frame.rs
index 7bd5546f3d..56201c331b 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/playground/src/frame.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/playground/src/frame.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::{
     element::{
         AnyElement, Element, EventHandler, IntoElement, Layout, LayoutContext, NodeId, PaintContext,
     },
-    style::{ElementStyle, Fill},
+    style::ElementStyle,
 };
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use gpui::LayoutNodeId;
@@ -56,18 +56,6 @@ impl<V: 'static> Element<V> for Frame<V> {
     }
 
     fn paint(&mut self, layout: Layout<()>, view: &mut V, cx: &mut PaintContext<V>) -> Result<()> {
-        cx.scene.push_quad(gpui::scene::Quad {
-            bounds: layout.from_engine.bounds,
-            background: self
-                .style
-                .fill
-                .as_ref()
-                .and_then(Fill::color)
-                .map(Into::into),
-            border: Default::default(),
-            corner_radii: Default::default(),
-        });
-
         for child in &mut self.children {
             child.paint(view, cx)?;
         }