diff --git a/src/products/color-entries.spec.ts b/src/products/color-entries.spec.ts
index 8022574..f6c3879 100644
--- a/src/products/color-entries.spec.ts
+++ b/src/products/color-entries.spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,28 @@ describe('product image separation', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('recovers color name from product.color when validation stripped nested fields', () => {
+    const db = serializeColorsJsonForDb(
+      [{ imageUrl: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,xyz' }],
+      'قرمز شرابی',
+    );
+    expect(db).toEqual([
+      {
+        name: 'قرمز شرابی',
+        imageUrl: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,xyz',
+        imageUrls: ['data:image/jpeg;base64,xyz'],
+      },
+    ]);
+    const entries = parseColorEntries(db, 'قرمز شرابی');
+    expect(entries[0]?.imageUrls).toEqual(['data:image/jpeg;base64,xyz']);
+    expect(entries.map((e) => e.name)).toEqual(['قرمز شرابی']);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to product.color when colorsJson rows are empty objects', () => {
+    const entries = parseColorEntries([{}], 'قرمز شرابی');
+    expect(entries).toEqual([{ name: 'قرمز شرابی', imageUrls: [] }]);
+  });
+
   it('does not merge color images into general list when only imageUrlsJson is set', () => {
     const entries = parseColorEntries([{ name: 'Red', imageUrl: 'https://cdn/r.jpg' }]);
     expect(parseGeneralImageUrls(['https://cdn/g.jpg'], entries)).toEqual([
diff --git a/src/products/color-entries.ts b/src/products/color-entries.ts
index ee75f4d..8f4d86b 100644
--- a/src/products/color-entries.ts
+++ b/src/products/color-entries.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export function parseColorEntries(
     return name ? [{ name, imageUrls: [] }] : [];
   }
 
-  return colorsJson
-    .map((item): ProductColorEntry | null => {
+  const parsed = colorsJson
+    .map((item, index): ProductColorEntry | null => {
       if (typeof item === 'string') {
         const name = item.trim();
         return name ? { name, imageUrls: [] } : null;
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ export function parseColorEntries(
           imageUrl?: unknown;
           imageUrls?: unknown;
         };
-        const name = String(raw.name ?? '').trim();
-        if (!name) return null;
+        let name = String(raw.name ?? '').trim();
         const fromArray = normalizeUrlList(raw.imageUrls);
         const legacy =
           typeof raw.imageUrl === 'string' && raw.imageUrl.trim()
@@ -55,12 +54,21 @@ export function parseColorEntries(
             : legacy
               ? [legacy]
               : [];
+        if (!name && imageUrls.length > 0) {
+          name = fallbackColor?.trim() || `رنگ ${index + 1}`;
+        }
+        if (!name) return null;
         const imageUrl = imageUrls[0];
         return { name, imageUrl, imageUrls };
       }
       return null;
     })
     .filter((entry): entry is ProductColorEntry => Boolean(entry));
+
+  if (parsed.length > 0) return parsed;
+
+  const fallbackName = fallbackColor?.trim();
+  return fallbackName ? [{ name: fallbackName, imageUrls: [] }] : [];
 }
 
 /** تصاویر عمومی محصول — فقط از imageUrlsJson، بدون merge با رنگ‌ها */
diff --git a/src/products/dto/product-color-json.dto.ts b/src/products/dto/product-color-json.dto.ts
index 1961161..55ddd4d 100644
--- a/src/products/dto/product-color-json.dto.ts
+++ b/src/products/dto/product-color-json.dto.ts
@@ -50,22 +50,65 @@ export function transformColorsJson(value: unknown): ProductColorJsonItemDto[] |
   return out;
 }
 
-/** ذخیره در Prisma — imageUrl + imageUrls برای هر رنگ */
-export function serializeColorsJsonForDb(raw: unknown): unknown[] | undefined {
-  const entries = transformColorsJson(raw);
-  if (entries === undefined) return undefined;
-  return entries.map((entry) => {
-    const merged: string[] = [];
-    const push = (u?: string) => {
-      const t = u?.trim();
-      if (t && !merged.includes(t)) merged.push(t);
-    };
-    for (const u of entry.imageUrls ?? []) push(u);
-    push(entry.imageUrl);
+function mergeColorImageUrls(
+  imageUrls?: string[],
+  imageUrl?: string,
+): string[] {
+  const merged: string[] = [];
+  const push = (u?: string) => {
+    const t = u?.trim();
+    if (t && !merged.includes(t)) merged.push(t);
+  };
+  for (const u of imageUrls ?? []) push(u);
+  push(imageUrl);
+  return merged;
+}
+
+/** ذخیره در Prisma — imageUrl + imageUrls برای هر رنگ (از body خام یا DTO) */
+export function serializeColorsJsonForDb(
+  raw: unknown,
+  fallbackColor?: string,
+): unknown[] | undefined {
+  if (raw === undefined || raw === null) return undefined;
+  if (!Array.isArray(raw)) return undefined;
+
+  const colorFallback = fallbackColor?.trim() || '';
+  const out: Array<{ name: string; imageUrl?: string; imageUrls?: string[] }> =
+    [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
+    const item = raw[i];
+    if (typeof item === 'string') {
+      const name = item.trim();
+      if (name) out.push({ name, imageUrls: [] });
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') continue;
+
+    const o = item as Record<string, unknown>;
+    let name = String(o.name ?? '').trim();
+    const imageUrls = Array.isArray(o.imageUrls)
+      ? o.imageUrls
+          .filter((u): u is string => typeof u === 'string' && u.trim().length > 0)
+          .map((u) => u.trim())
+      : undefined;
+    const imageUrl =
+      typeof o.imageUrl === 'string' && o.imageUrl.trim()
+        ? o.imageUrl.trim()
+        : undefined;
+    const merged = mergeColorImageUrls(imageUrls, imageUrl);
+
+    if (!name && merged.length > 0) {
+      name = colorFallback || `رنگ ${i + 1}`;
+    }
+    if (!name) continue;
+
     const first = merged[0];
-    return {
-      name: entry.name,
+    out.push({
+      name,
       ...(first ? { imageUrl: first, imageUrls: merged } : {}),
-    };
-  });
+    });
+  }
+
+  return out;
 }
diff --git a/src/products/products.service.ts b/src/products/products.service.ts
index 893f069..0991f66 100644
--- a/src/products/products.service.ts
+++ b/src/products/products.service.ts
@@ -76,13 +76,41 @@ export class ProductsService {
     return false;
   }
 
+  private colorsJsonHasPayload(raw: unknown): boolean {
+    if (!Array.isArray(raw) || raw.length === 0) return false;
+    return raw.some((item) => {
+      if (typeof item === 'string') return item.trim().length > 0;
+      if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') return false;
+      const o = item as Record<string, unknown>;
+      if (String(o.name ?? '').trim()) return true;
+      if (typeof o.imageUrl === 'string' && o.imageUrl.trim()) return true;
+      return (
+        Array.isArray(o.imageUrls) &&
+        o.imageUrls.some((u) => typeof u === 'string' && u.trim().length > 0)
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  private colorsJsonSourceForWrite(
+    preserved: unknown | undefined,
+    fromDto: unknown | undefined,
+  ): unknown | undefined {
+    if (preserved !== undefined && this.colorsJsonHasPayload(preserved)) {
+      return preserved;
+    }
+    if (fromDto !== undefined) return fromDto;
+    if (preserved !== undefined) return preserved;
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
   private colorsJsonForWrite(
     preserved: unknown | undefined,
     fromDto: unknown | undefined,
+    fallbackColor?: string,
   ): Prisma.InputJsonValue | undefined {
-    const source = preserved !== undefined ? preserved : fromDto;
+    const source = this.colorsJsonSourceForWrite(preserved, fromDto);
     if (source === undefined) return undefined;
-    const serialized = serializeColorsJsonForDb(source);
+    const serialized = serializeColorsJsonForDb(source, fallbackColor);
     if (serialized === undefined) return undefined;
     return serialized as Prisma.InputJsonValue;
   }
@@ -118,6 +146,7 @@ export class ProductsService {
           colorsJson: this.colorsJsonForWrite(
             preservedColorsJson,
             dto.colorsJson,
+            dto.color,
           ),
           imageUrlsJson: (dto.imageUrlsJson ?? undefined) as Prisma.InputJsonValue | undefined,
           tagsJson: dto.tagsJson ?? undefined,
@@ -204,7 +233,11 @@ export class ProductsService {
           colorsJson:
             dto.colorsJson === undefined && preservedColorsJson === undefined
               ? undefined
-              : this.colorsJsonForWrite(preservedColorsJson, dto.colorsJson),
+              : this.colorsJsonForWrite(
+                  preservedColorsJson,
+                  dto.colorsJson,
+                  dto.color,
+                ),
           imageUrlsJson:
             dto.imageUrlsJson === undefined
               ? undefined