diff --git a/src/visualizations/treeview/Treeview.ts b/src/visualizations/treeview/Treeview.ts
index b8b811a..f39f9af 100644
--- a/src/visualizations/treeview/Treeview.ts
+++ b/src/visualizations/treeview/Treeview.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export default class Treeview {
         this.root.data.setSelected(true);
 
         const updateColor = (d: HPN<TreeviewNode>, level: number) => {
-            d.data.setColor(this.settings.colorProvider(d.data));
+            d.data.setColor(this.settings.colorProvider(d.data, level));
             if (level < this.settings.colorProviderLevels && d.children) {
                 for (const child of d.children) {
                     updateColor(child, level + 1);
diff --git a/src/visualizations/treeview/TreeviewSettings.ts b/src/visualizations/treeview/TreeviewSettings.ts
index 0b0977b..7bdde1c 100644
--- a/src/visualizations/treeview/TreeviewSettings.ts
+++ b/src/visualizations/treeview/TreeviewSettings.ts
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ export default class TreeviewSettings extends Settings {
      * nodes up until the level in the tree specified by the parameter "colorProviderLevels".
      *
      * @param d A TreeviewNode for which the corresponding color should be computed.
+     * @param level The depth in the tree at which this node is situated.
      * @return The color associated with the given node.
      */
-    colorProvider: (d: TreeviewNode) => string = (d: TreeviewNode) => defaultColorScale(d.name);
+    colorProvider: (d: TreeviewNode, level?: number) => string = (d: TreeviewNode) => defaultColorScale(d.name);
 
     /**
      * Returns the label that should be displayed for a specific node (the label corresponds to the text shown in the