diff --git a/crates/rustmotion-core/src/engine/paint_pass.rs b/crates/rustmotion-core/src/engine/paint_pass.rs
index 048b3c81..4b93fe75 100644
--- a/crates/rustmotion-core/src/engine/paint_pass.rs
+++ b/crates/rustmotion-core/src/engine/paint_pass.rs
@@ -1337,11 +1337,16 @@ fn gradient_stops(stops: &[crate::css::style::GradientStop]) -> (Vec<Color4f>, V
     (colors, positions)
 }
 
+/// Gradient-line endpoints for a CSS `<angle>`: `0deg` points the line "to
+/// top" (first stop at the bottom, travelling up to the last stop), and the
+/// angle increases clockwise, so `90deg` is "to right" and `180deg` (the
+/// default) is "to bottom" (first stop at the top). Skia's
+/// `linear_gradient` places `colors[0]` at `p0`, so `p0` is always the end
+/// the angle points *away from*.
 fn gradient_endpoints(bounds: Rect, angle_deg: f32) -> (Point, Point) {
-    // CSS angle: 0deg = bottom→top, increasing clockwise.
     let cx = bounds.left + bounds.width() / 2.0;
     let cy = bounds.top + bounds.height() / 2.0;
-    let rad = (angle_deg - 180.0).to_radians();
+    let rad = angle_deg.to_radians();
     let (sin_a, cos_a) = (rad.sin(), -rad.cos());
     let len = (bounds.width().abs() * sin_a.abs() + bounds.height().abs() * cos_a.abs()) / 2.0;
     let p0 = Point::new(cx - sin_a * len, cy - cos_a * len);
diff --git a/crates/rustmotion-core/tests/audit_ws_a.rs b/crates/rustmotion-core/tests/audit_ws_a.rs
index d42a55bf..dbf4160d 100644
--- a/crates/rustmotion-core/tests/audit_ws_a.rs
+++ b/crates/rustmotion-core/tests/audit_ws_a.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 //! tracked in issue #220.
 
 use rustmotion_core::css::style::{
-    Background, BoxShadow, Color as CssColor, CssStyle, Display, FlexDirection, Position,
-    Size as CSize,
+    Background, BackgroundLayer, BoxShadow, Color as CssColor, CssStyle, Display, FlexDirection,
+    GradientStop, Position, Size as CSize,
 };
 use rustmotion_core::css::taffy_bridge::ConversionContext;
 use rustmotion_core::css::units::{Length, LengthPercentage as CLP};
@@ -191,3 +191,54 @@ fn underdamped_spring_matches_the_analytic_closed_form() {
         );
     }
 }
+
+// ---- linear-gradient(180deg, ...) must put the first stop at the top ----
+
+fn gradient_card(w: f32, h: f32, angle: f32) -> BoxNode {
+    let css = CssStyle {
+        width: Some(CSize::Length(CLP::Px(w))),
+        height: Some(CSize::Length(CLP::Px(h))),
+        background: Some(Background::Single(BackgroundLayer::LinearGradient {
+            angle: Some(angle),
+            stops: vec![
+                GradientStop {
+                    color: CssColor::String("#ffffff".into()),
+                    offset: Some(0.0),
+                },
+                GradientStop {
+                    color: CssColor::String("#000000".into()),
+                    offset: Some(1.0),
+                },
+            ],
+        })),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    BoxNode {
+        id: 0,
+        kind: BoxKind::Container,
+        css,
+        children: vec![],
+        intrinsic: None,
+        source_path: None,
+        window: None,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn linear_gradient_180deg_puts_the_first_stop_at_the_top() {
+    // CSS: `angle: 180` ("to bottom") points the gradient line downward, so
+    // the first stop lands at the top and the last stop at the bottom.
+    let mut root = gradient_card(100.0, 100.0, 180.0);
+    let buf = render_pixels(&mut root, 100, 100);
+
+    let top = probe(&buf, 100, 50, 2);
+    let bottom = probe(&buf, 100, 50, 97);
+    assert!(
+        top.0 > 200 && top.1 > 200 && top.2 > 200,
+        "angle: 180 must put the white first stop at the top, got {top:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        bottom.0 < 50 && bottom.1 < 50 && bottom.2 < 50,
+        "angle: 180 must put the black last stop at the bottom, got {bottom:?}"
+    );
+}