diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cf5f072c5e..ba6188a264e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 
 - We fixed an issue where attempting to cancel the importing/generation of an entry from id is ignored. [#10508](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10508)
 - We fixed an issue where the preview panel showing the wrong entry (an entry that is not selected in the entry table). [#9172](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9172)
+- We fixed the colors of the icon on hover for unset special fields. [#10431](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10431)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/actions/StandardActions.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/actions/StandardActions.java
index ee4e324373b..7c3429d2a4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/actions/StandardActions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/actions/StandardActions.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public enum StandardActions implements Action {
 
     AUTOMATIC_FIELD_EDITOR(Localization.lang("Automatic field editor")),
     TOGGLE_GROUPS(Localization.lang("Groups"), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.TOGGLE_GROUPS, KeyBinding.TOGGLE_GROUPS_INTERFACE),
-    TOOGLE_OO(Localization.lang("OpenOffice/LibreOffice"), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.FILE_OPENOFFICE, KeyBinding.OPEN_OPEN_OFFICE_LIBRE_OFFICE_CONNECTION),
+    TOGGLE_OO(Localization.lang("OpenOffice/LibreOffice"), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.FILE_OPENOFFICE, KeyBinding.OPEN_OPEN_OFFICE_LIBRE_OFFICE_CONNECTION),
     TOGGLE_WEB_SEARCH(Localization.lang("Web search"), Localization.lang("Toggle web search interface"), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.WWW, KeyBinding.WEB_SEARCH),
 
     PARSE_LATEX(Localization.lang("Search for citations in LaTeX files..."), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.LATEX_CITATIONS),
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java
index 7beb065f7c2..669469dd6fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public Node getGraphicNode() {
         FontIcon fontIcon = FontIcon.of(icon);
         fontIcon.getStyleClass().add("glyph-icon");
 
-//      Override the default color from the css files
+        // Override the default color from the css files
         color.ifPresent(color -> fontIcon.setStyle(fontIcon.getStyle() +
                 String.format("-fx-fill: %s;", ColorUtil.toRGBCode(color)) +
                 String.format("-fx-icon-color: %s;", ColorUtil.toRGBCode(color))));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css
index 51059819604..b52b7ef79c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.css
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 .table-row-cell:hover .empty-special-field {
     visibility: visible;
+    -fx-icon-color: -jr-gray-2;
     -fx-fill: -jr-gray-2;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/sidepane/SidePaneType.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/sidepane/SidePaneType.java
index 494f936bbe9..ebfd8f0d8b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/sidepane/SidePaneType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/sidepane/SidePaneType.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Definition of all possible components in the side pane.
  */
 public enum SidePaneType {
-    OPEN_OFFICE("OpenOffice/LibreOffice", IconTheme.JabRefIcons.FILE_OPENOFFICE, StandardActions.TOOGLE_OO),
+    OPEN_OFFICE("OpenOffice/LibreOffice", IconTheme.JabRefIcons.FILE_OPENOFFICE, StandardActions.TOGGLE_OO),
     WEB_SEARCH(Localization.lang("Web search"), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.WWW, StandardActions.TOGGLE_WEB_SEARCH),
     GROUPS(Localization.lang("Groups"), IconTheme.JabRefIcons.TOGGLE_GROUPS, StandardActions.TOGGLE_GROUPS);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/specialfields/SpecialFieldViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/specialfields/SpecialFieldViewModel.java
index f7cdb6fb971..ddda94ea1c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/specialfields/SpecialFieldViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/specialfields/SpecialFieldViewModel.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public SpecialFieldAction getSpecialFieldAction(SpecialFieldValue value,
     }
 
     public JabRefIcon getIcon() {
-        return getAction().getIcon().orElse(null);
+        return getAction().getIcon().get();
     }
 
     public String getLocalization() {