diff --git a/js/common/MOTHAColors.ts b/js/common/MOTHAColors.ts
index eec06f54..8c4e1329 100644
--- a/js/common/MOTHAColors.ts
+++ b/js/common/MOTHAColors.ts
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ const MOTHAColors = {
     default: 'rgb( 0, 111, 153 )'
   } ),
 
-  checkboxColorProperty: new ProfileColorProperty( modelsOfTheHydrogenAtom, 'checkboxColor', {
+  checkboxStrokeProperty: new ProfileColorProperty( modelsOfTheHydrogenAtom, 'checkboxStroke', {
     default: 'white',
     projector: 'black'
   } ),
 
-  checkboxColorBackgroundProperty: new ProfileColorProperty( modelsOfTheHydrogenAtom, 'checkboxColorBackground', {
+  checkboxFillProperty: new ProfileColorProperty( modelsOfTheHydrogenAtom, 'checkboxFill', {
     default: 'black',
     projector: 'white'
   } ),
diff --git a/js/common/view/AbsorptionEmissionCheckbox.ts b/js/common/view/AbsorptionEmissionCheckbox.ts
index 4678734b..468f89ca 100644
--- a/js/common/view/AbsorptionEmissionCheckbox.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/AbsorptionEmissionCheckbox.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export default class AbsorptionEmissionCheckbox extends Checkbox {
 
       // CheckboxOptions
       isDisposable: false,
-      checkboxColor: MOTHAColors.checkboxColorProperty,
-      checkboxColorBackground: MOTHAColors.checkboxColorBackgroundProperty,
+      checkboxColor: MOTHAColors.checkboxStrokeProperty,
+      checkboxColorBackground: MOTHAColors.checkboxFillProperty,
 
       // Show this checkbox only for quantum models, see https://github.com/phetsims/models-of-the-hydrogen-atom/issues/63
       visibleProperty: new DerivedProperty( [ isQuantumModelProperty, visibleProperty ],