diff --git a/src/js/util/constants.js b/src/js/util/constants.js
index c2a43261..b3ba9c5a 100644
--- a/src/js/util/constants.js
+++ b/src/js/util/constants.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var GRAPHICS = {
   defaultEasing: 'easeInOut',
   defaultAnimationTime: 400,
 
-  rectFill: 'hsb(0.8816909813322127,0.7,1)',
+  rectFill: 'hsb(0.8816909813322127,0.6,1)',
   headRectFill: '#2831FF',
   rectStroke: '#FFF',
   rectStrokeWidth: '3',
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var GRAPHICS = {
   visBranchStrokeWidth: 2,
   visBranchStrokeColorNone: '#333',
 
-  defaultNodeFill: 'hsba(0.5,0.8,0.7,1)',
+  defaultNodeFill: 'hsba(0.5,0.6,0.7,1)',
   defaultNodeStrokeWidth: 2,
   defaultNodeStroke: '#FFF',
 
diff --git a/src/js/visuals/visBranch.js b/src/js/visuals/visBranch.js
index ce5d4d21..803a0173 100644
--- a/src/js/visuals/visBranch.js
+++ b/src/js/visuals/visBranch.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var TreeCompare = require('../graph/treeCompare');
 
 var randomHueString = function() {
   var hue = Math.random();
-  var str = 'hsb(' + String(hue) + ',0.7,1)';
+  var str = 'hsb(' + String(hue) + ',0.6,1)';
   return str;
 };