diff --git a/src/common/input/handler.rs b/src/common/input/handler.rs
index 163e5ddf..a843c7cc 100644
--- a/src/common/input/handler.rs
+++ b/src/common/input/handler.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl InputHandler {
 // TODO this should probably be automatically generated in some way
 pub fn get_mode_info(mode: InputMode) -> ModeInfo {
     let mut keybinds: Vec<(String, String)> = vec![];
-    let mut palette = load_palette();
+    let palette = load_palette();
     match mode {
         InputMode::Normal | InputMode::Locked => {}
         InputMode::Resize => {
diff --git a/zellij-tile/src/data.rs b/zellij-tile/src/data.rs
index 16f02531..c41a40ee 100644
--- a/zellij-tile/src/data.rs
+++ b/zellij-tile/src/data.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,16 @@ impl Default for InputMode {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub mod colors {
+    pub const WHITE: (u8, u8, u8) = (238, 238, 238);
+    pub const GREEN: (u8, u8, u8) = (175, 255, 0);
+    pub const GRAY: (u8, u8, u8) = (68, 68, 68);
+    pub const BRIGHT_GRAY: (u8, u8, u8) = (138, 138, 138);
+    pub const RED: (u8, u8, u8) = (135, 0, 0);
+    pub const BLACK: (u8, u8, u8) = (0, 0, 0);
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Palette {
     pub fg: (u8, u8, u8),
     pub bg: (u8, u8, u8),
@@ -72,6 +81,23 @@ pub struct Palette {
     pub white: (u8, u8, u8),
 }
 
+impl Default for Palette {
+    fn default() -> Palette {
+        Palette {
+            fg: colors::BRIGHT_GRAY,
+            bg: colors::BLACK,
+            black: colors::BLACK,
+            red: colors::RED,
+            green: colors::GREEN,
+            yellow: colors::GRAY,
+            blue: colors::GRAY,
+            magenta: colors::GRAY,
+            cyan: colors::GRAY,
+            white: colors::WHITE,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Represents the contents of the help message that is printed in the status bar,
 /// which indicates the current [`InputMode`] and what the keybinds for that mode
 /// are. Related to the default `status-bar` plugin.