diff --git a/users/francis/hm/base.nix b/users/francis/hm/base.nix
index 30a80b6..a0f8766 100644
--- a/users/francis/hm/base.nix
+++ b/users/francis/hm/base.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{ config, pkgs, nix-colors, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
   imports = [
+    ./colors.nix
     ./configurations/git.nix
     ./configurations/fish
     ./configurations/bash.nix
diff --git a/users/francis/hm/colors.nix b/users/francis/hm/colors.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75480a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/francis/hm/colors.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  hexColorType = lib.mkOptionType {
+    name = "hex-color";
+    descriptionClass = "noun";
+    description = "RGB color in hex format";
+    check = x: lib.isString x && !(lib.hasPrefix "#" x);
+  };
+in {
+  options.colorScheme.palette = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.attrsOf (
+      lib.types.coercedTo lib.types.str (lib.removePrefix "#") hexColorType
+    );
+    description = ''
+      Atttribute set describing predefined colors to be used in other places
+      of the configuration.
+    '';
+  };
+
+  config.colorScheme.palette = {
+    base00 = "202020";
+    base01 = "2a2827";
+    base02 = "504945";
+    base03 = "5a524c";
+    base04 = "bdae93";
+    base05 = "ddc7a1";
+    base06 = "ebdbb2";
+    base07 = "fbf1c7";
+    base08 = "ea6962";
+    base09 = "e78a4e";
+    base0A = "d8a657";
+    base0B = "a9b665";
+    base0C = "89b482";
+    base0D = "7daea3";
+    base0E = "d3869b";
+    base0F = "bd6f3e";
+  };
+}
+