diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 91ab8ca..5bbc088 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "Iosevka Slab Light:size=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*
@@ -95,35 +95,61 @@ unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
 
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {
-	/* 8 normal colors */
-	"black",
-	"red3",
-	"green3",
-	"yellow3",
-	"blue2",
-	"magenta3",
-	"cyan3",
-	"gray90",
-
-	/* 8 bright colors */
-	"gray50",
-	"red",
-	"green",
-	"yellow",
-	"#5c5cff",
-	"magenta",
-	"cyan",
-	"white",
+	/* windi dark */
+	"#1f1f1f",  /*  0: black    */
+	"#ef4444",  /*  1: red      */
+	"#22c55e",  /*  2: green    */
+	"#eab308",  /*  3: yellow   */
+	"#3b82f6",  /*  4: blue     */
+	"#d946ef",  /*  5: magenta  */
+	"#06b6d4",  /*  6: cyan     */
+	"#f2f2f2",  /*  7: white    */
+	"#737373",  /*  8: brblack  */
+	"#fecaca",  /*  9: brred    */
+	"#bbf7d0",  /* 10: brgreen  */
+	"#fef08a",  /* 11: bryellow */
+	"#bfdbfe",  /* 12: brblue   */
+	"#f5d0fe",  /* 13: brmagenta*/
+	"#a5f3fc",  /* 14: brcyan   */
+	"#fafafa",  /* 15: brwhite  */
 
 	[255] = 0,
 
 	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
-	"#cccccc",
-	"#555555",
-	"gray90", /* default foreground colour */
-	"black", /* default background colour */
+	"white",
+	"black",
+	"#E7E7E7", /* default foreground colour */
+	"#2C444D",
 };
 
+/* Terminal colors for alternate (light) palette */
+static const char *altcolorname[] = {
+	/* windi light */
+	"#1b1b1b",  /*  0: black  */
+	"#b91c1c",  /*  1: red    */
+	"#15803d",  /*  2: green  */
+	"#a16207",  /*  3: yellow */
+	"#1d4ed8",  /*  4: blue   */
+	"#a21caf",  /*  5: magenta*/
+	"#0e7490",  /*  6: cyan   */
+	"#e9ecef",  /*  7: white  */
+	"#404040",  /*  8: brblack    */
+	"#ef4444",  /*  9: brred      */
+	"#22c55e",  /* 10: brgreen    */
+	"#eab308",  /* 11: bryellow   */
+	"#3b82f6",  /* 12: brblue     */
+	"#d946ef",  /* 13: brmagenta  */
+	"#06b6d4",  /* 14: brcyan     */
+	"#f2f2f2",  /* 15: brwhite    */
+
+	[255] = 0,
+
+	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
+	"#00638a",
+	"#f2f2f2",
+	"#454545", /* default foreground colour */
+	"#f2f2f2",
+};
 
 /*
  * Default colors (colorname index)
@@ -201,6 +227,7 @@ static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	{ TERMMOD,              XK_Y,           selpaste,       {.i =  0} },
 	{ ShiftMask,            XK_Insert,      selpaste,       {.i =  0} },
 	{ TERMMOD,              XK_Num_Lock,    numlock,        {.i =  0} },
+	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           XK_F6,          swapcolors,     {.i =  0} },
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/st.h b/st.h
index 519b9bd..c25b693 100644
--- a/st.h
+++ b/st.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ extern wchar_t *worddelimiters;
 extern int allowaltscreen;
 extern int allowwindowops;
 extern char *termname;
+extern int usealtcolors;
 extern unsigned int tabspaces;
 extern unsigned int defaultfg;
 extern unsigned int defaultbg;
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index 8a16faa..4b569df 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static void clipcopy(const Arg *);
 static void clippaste(const Arg *);
 static void numlock(const Arg *);
 static void selpaste(const Arg *);
+static void swapcolors(const Arg *);
 static void zoom(const Arg *);
 static void zoomabs(const Arg *);
 static void zoomreset(const Arg *);
@@ -254,6 +255,8 @@ static char *opt_title = NULL;
 
 static int oldbutton = 3; /* button event on startup: 3 = release */
 
+int usealtcolors = 0; /* 1 to use alternate palette */
+
 void
 clipcopy(const Arg *dummy)
 {
@@ -292,6 +295,18 @@ numlock(const Arg *dummy)
 	win.mode ^= MODE_NUMLOCK;
 }
 
+void
+swapcolors(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	int next = (arg->i == 'D') ? 0 : (arg->i == 'L') ? 1 : !usealtcolors;
+
+	if (next != usealtcolors) {
+		usealtcolors = next;
+		xloadcols();
+		redraw();
+	}
+}
+
 void
 zoom(const Arg *arg)
 {
@@ -750,6 +765,11 @@ sixd_to_16bit(int x)
 	return x == 0 ? 0 : 0x3737 + 0x2828 * x;
 }
 
+const char* getcolorname(int i)
+{
+    return (usealtcolors) ?  altcolorname[i] : colorname[i];
+}
+
 int
 xloadcolor(int i, const char *name, Color *ncolor)
 {
@@ -768,7 +788,7 @@ xloadcolor(int i, const char *name, Color *ncolor)
 			return XftColorAllocValue(xw.dpy, xw.vis,
 			                          xw.cmap, &color, ncolor);
 		} else
-			name = colorname[i];
+			name = getcolorname(i);
 	}
 
 	return XftColorAllocName(xw.dpy, xw.vis, xw.cmap, name, ncolor);
@@ -791,8 +811,8 @@ xloadcols(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dc.collen; i++)
 		if (!xloadcolor(i, NULL, &dc.col[i])) {
-			if (colorname[i])
-				die("could not allocate color '%s'\n", colorname[i]);
+			if (getcolorname(i))
+				die("could not allocate color '%s'\n", getcolorname(i));
 			else
 				die("could not allocate color %d\n", i);
 		}
@@ -1184,13 +1204,13 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	cursor = XCreateFontCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
 	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, cursor);
 
-	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, colorname[mousefg], &xmousefg) == 0) {
+	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, getcolorname(mousefg), &xmousefg) == 0) {
 		xmousefg.red   = 0xffff;
 		xmousefg.green = 0xffff;
 		xmousefg.blue  = 0xffff;
 	}
 
-	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, colorname[mousebg], &xmousebg) == 0) {
+	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, getcolorname(mousebg), &xmousebg) == 0) {
 		xmousebg.red   = 0x0000;
 		xmousebg.green = 0x0000;
 		xmousebg.blue  = 0x0000;
@@ -2008,6 +2028,15 @@ usage(void)
 	    " [stty_args ...]\n", argv0, argv0);
 }
 
+void
+sig_usr_handler(int num)
+{
+	Arg a = { .i = (num == 10) ? 'D' : 'L' };
+	signal(num, sig_usr_handler);
+	swapcolors(&a);
+}
+
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -2066,6 +2095,8 @@ run:
 	if (!opt_title)
 		opt_title = (opt_line || !opt_cmd) ? "st" : opt_cmd[0];
 
+	signal(SIGUSR1, sig_usr_handler);
+	signal(SIGUSR2, sig_usr_handler);
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	XSetLocaleModifiers("");
 	cols = MAX(cols, 1);