diff --git a/src/canvas/canvas_colours.rs b/src/canvas/canvas_colours.rs
index 58387570..07be3f0f 100644
--- a/src/canvas/canvas_colours.rs
+++ b/src/canvas/canvas_colours.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ pub struct CanvasColours {
 
 impl Default for CanvasColours {
 	fn default() -> Self {
+		let text_colour = Color::Gray;
+
 		CanvasColours {
 			currently_selected_text_colour: Color::Black,
 			currently_selected_bg_colour: Color::Cyan,
@@ -38,11 +40,11 @@ impl Default for CanvasColours {
 			rx_style: Style::default().fg(STANDARD_FIRST_COLOUR),
 			tx_style: Style::default().fg(STANDARD_SECOND_COLOUR),
 			cpu_colour_styles: Vec::new(),
-			border_style: Style::default().fg(Color::Gray),
+			border_style: Style::default().fg(text_colour),
 			highlighted_border_style: Style::default().fg(Color::LightBlue),
-			text_style: Style::default().fg(Color::Gray),
-			widget_title_style: Style::default().fg(Color::Gray),
-			graph_style: Style::default().fg(Color::Gray),
+			text_style: Style::default().fg(text_colour),
+			widget_title_style: Style::default().fg(text_colour),
+			graph_style: Style::default().fg(text_colour),
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/canvas/canvas_colours/colour_utils.rs b/src/canvas/canvas_colours/colour_utils.rs
index 94fd7353..a3bc7023 100644
--- a/src/canvas/canvas_colours/colour_utils.rs
+++ b/src/canvas/canvas_colours/colour_utils.rs
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ pub fn gen_n_styles(num_to_gen: i32) -> Vec<Style> {
 		Style::default().fg(Color::LightCyan),
 		Style::default().fg(Color::LightGreen),
 		Style::default().fg(Color::LightBlue),
+		Style::default().fg(Color::Red),
+		Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan),
+		Style::default().fg(Color::Green),
+		Style::default().fg(Color::Blue),
 	];
 
 	let mut h: f32 = 0.4; // We don't need random colours... right?
-	for _i in 0..(num_to_gen - 6) {
+	for _i in 0..(num_to_gen - 10) {
 		h = gen_hsv(h);
 		let result = hsv_to_rgb(h, 0.5, 0.95);
 		colour_vec.push(Style::default().fg(Color::Rgb(result.0, result.1, result.2)));