diff --git a/src/Preferences.ui b/src/Preferences.ui
index 8a0b3aa6..e55e2a5f 100644
--- a/src/Preferences.ui
+++ b/src/Preferences.ui
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                <bool>false</bool>
               </property>
               <property name="currentRow">
-               <number>0</number>
+               <number>-1</number>
               </property>
               <item>
                <property name="text">
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
                 <string>DeepOcean</string>
                </property>
               </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Solarized</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
              </widget>
             </item>
            </layout>
@@ -522,8 +527,8 @@
               <rect>
                <x>0</x>
                <y>0</y>
-               <width>832</width>
-               <height>420</height>
+               <width>100</width>
+               <height>30</height>
               </rect>
              </property>
              <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_10">
diff --git a/src/colormap.cc b/src/colormap.cc
index 8aea7e99..3abe8972 100644
--- a/src/colormap.cc
+++ b/src/colormap.cc
@@ -249,6 +249,18 @@ ColorMap::ColorMap() {
 		(CGAL_EDGE_2D_COLOR,       webcolors["magenta"])
 		(CROSSHAIR_COLOR,          Color4f(0xf0, 0xf0, 0xf0));
 
+	ColorScheme solarized = map_list_of
+		(BACKGROUND_COLOR,         Color4f(0xfd, 0xf6, 0xe3))
+		(OPENCSG_FACE_FRONT_COLOR, Color4f(0xb5, 0x88, 0x00))
+		(OPENCSG_FACE_BACK_COLOR,  Color4f(0x88, 0x22, 0x33))
+		(CGAL_FACE_FRONT_COLOR,    Color4f(0xb5, 0x88, 0x00))
+		(CGAL_FACE_BACK_COLOR,     Color4f(0x88, 0x22, 0x33))
+		(CGAL_FACE_2D_COLOR,       Color4f(0x6c, 0x71, 0xc4))
+		(CGAL_EDGE_FRONT_COLOR,    Color4f(0xb5, 0x88, 0x00))
+		(CGAL_EDGE_BACK_COLOR,     Color4f(0xb5, 0x88, 0x00))
+		(CGAL_EDGE_2D_COLOR,       Color4f(0xb5, 0x88, 0x00))
+		(CROSSHAIR_COLOR,          Color4f(0x80, 0x00, 0x00));
+
   // Monotone - no difference between 'back face' and 'front face'
 	ColorScheme monotone = map_list_of
 		(BACKGROUND_COLOR,         Color4f(0xff, 0xff, 0xe5))
@@ -270,6 +282,7 @@ ColorMap::ColorMap() {
 		("BeforeDawn", beforedawn)
 		("Nature", nature)
 		("DeepOcean", deepocean)
+		("Solarized", solarized)
 		("Monotone", monotone); // Hidden, not in GUI
 	colorschemes = tmpcolorschemes;