diff --git a/src/legends/swatches.js b/src/legends/swatches.js
index f49a0b84de..c1b54e655f 100644
--- a/src/legends/swatches.js
+++ b/src/legends/swatches.js
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ function maybeScale(scale, key) {
   return s;
 }
 
+function checkDomainMatch(scale, symbol) {
+  for (const d of symbol.domain) {
+    if (scale.scale(d) === undefined) throw new Error("the color and symbol scale domains must match");
+  }
+}
+
 export function legendSwatches(color, {opacity, ...options} = {}) {
   if (!isOrdinalScale(color) && !isThresholdScale(color))
     throw new Error(`swatches legend requires ordinal or threshold color scale (not ${color.type})`);
@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ export function legendSymbols(
   const [vs, cs] = maybeColorChannel(stroke);
   const sf = maybeScale(scale, vf);
   const ss = maybeScale(scale, vs);
+  if (vf === "color") checkDomainMatch(sf, symbol);
+  if (vs === "color") checkDomainMatch(ss, symbol);
   const size = r * r * Math.PI;
   fillOpacity = maybeNumberChannel(fillOpacity)[1];
   strokeOpacity = maybeNumberChannel(strokeOpacity)[1];
diff --git a/test/legend-test.js b/test/legend-test.js
index ed99cf8695..1bf8672abd 100644
--- a/test/legend-test.js
+++ b/test/legend-test.js
@@ -22,3 +22,26 @@ it("Plot.legend({}) throws an error", () => {
 it("Plot.legend({color: {}}) throws an error", () => {
   assert.throws(() => Plot.legend({color: {}}), /unknown legend type/);
 });
+
+it("Plot.legend({color, symbol}) throws an error when the color and symbol domains don't match", () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => Plot.legend({color: {domain: [1, 2, 3]}, symbol: {domain: [4, 5, 6]}}),
+    /the color and symbol scale domains must match/
+  );
+});
+
+it("Plot.legend({color, symbol}) applies the color scale to the symbol stroke when the domains match", () => {
+  const legend = Plot.legend({color: {domain: [1, 2, 3]}, symbol: {domain: [1, 2, 3]}});
+  const strokes = [...legend.querySelectorAll("svg")].map((svg) => svg.getAttribute("stroke"));
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(strokes, ["#4269d0", "#efb118", "#ff725c"]);
+});
+
+it("Plot.legend({color, symbol}) applies the color scale to the symbol stroke when the color domain is a superset", () => {
+  const legend = Plot.legend({color: {domain: [1, 2, 3, 4]}, symbol: {domain: [1, 2, 3]}});
+  const strokes = [...legend.querySelectorAll("svg")].map((svg) => svg.getAttribute("stroke"));
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(strokes, ["#4269d0", "#efb118", "#ff725c"]);
+});
+
+it("Plot.legend({symbol}) does not throw when there is no color scale", () => {
+  assert.doesNotThrow(() => Plot.legend({symbol: {domain: [1, 2, 3]}}));
+});