diff --git a/lib/prepare.js b/lib/prepare.js
index 554af6c12..f951ae02a 100644
--- a/lib/prepare.js
+++ b/lib/prepare.js
@@ -378,10 +378,20 @@ function updateProjectSplashScreen (platformConfig, locations) {
     const themes = xmlHelpers.parseElementtreeSync(locations.themes);
     const splashScreenTheme = themes.find('style[@name="Theme.App.SplashScreen"]');
 
+    let splashBg = platformConfig.getPreference('AndroidWindowSplashScreenBackground', this.platform);
+    splashBg ??= platformConfig.getPreference('SplashScreenBackgroundColor', this.platform);
+    splashBg ??= platformConfig.getPreference('BackgroundColor', this.platform);
+
+    // use the user defined value for "colors.xml"
+    updateProjectSplashScreenBackgroundColor(splashBg, locations);
+
+    // force the themes value to `@color/cdv_splashscreen_background`
+    const splashBgNode = splashScreenTheme.find('item[@name="windowSplashScreenBackground"]');
+    splashBgNode.text = '@color/cdv_splashscreen_background';
+
     [
         'windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon',
         'windowSplashScreenAnimationDuration',
-        'windowSplashScreenBackground',
         'android:windowSplashScreenBrandingImage',
         'windowSplashScreenIconBackgroundColor',
         'postSplashScreenTheme'
@@ -392,14 +402,6 @@ function updateProjectSplashScreen (platformConfig, locations) {
         let themeTargetNode = splashScreenTheme.find(`item[@name="${themeKey}"]`);
 
         switch (themeKey) {
-        case 'windowSplashScreenBackground':
-            // use the user defined value for "colors.xml"
-            updateProjectSplashScreenBackgroundColor(cdvConfigPrefValue, locations);
-
-            // force the themes value to `@color/cdv_splashscreen_background`
-            themeTargetNode.text = '@color/cdv_splashscreen_background';
-            break;
-
         case 'windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon':
             // handle here the cases of "png" vs "xml" (drawable)
             // If "png":