diff --git a/ts/state/ducks/section.tsx b/ts/state/ducks/section.tsx
index 435cc67a2..89bc0980b 100644
--- a/ts/state/ducks/section.tsx
+++ b/ts/state/ducks/section.tsx
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ export const actions = {
 };
 
 export const initialSectionState: SectionStateType = {
-  focusedSection: SectionType.Settings,
-  focusedSettingsSection: SessionSettingCategory.Appearance,
+  focusedSection: SectionType.Message,
   isAppFocused: false,
   overlayMode: undefined,
 };
diff --git a/ts/themes/colors.tsx b/ts/themes/colors.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b95925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/themes/colors.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/**
+ * File is TSX so we get color highlighting in VS Code.
+ * Primary color -> Default accent color for a theme
+ */
+
+// Colors
+type Colors = {
+  PRIMARY: {
+    GREEN: string;
+    BLUE: string;
+    YELLOW: string;
+    PINK: string;
+    PURPLE: string;
+    ORANGE: string;
+    RED: string;
+  };
+  DANGER: {
+    LIGHT: string;
+    DARK: string;
+  };
+  PATH: {
+    DEFAULT: string;
+    CONNECTING: string;
+    HOVER: string;
+  };
+  TRANSPARENT: string;
+};
+
+// Primary (can override theme default)
+const primaryGreen = '#31F196';
+const primaryBlue = '#57C9FA';
+const primaryYellow = '#FAD657';
+const primaryPink = '#FF95EF';
+const primaryPurple = '#C993FF';
+const primaryOrange = '#FCB159';
+const primaryRed = '#FF9C8E';
+
+// Danger
+const dangerLight = '#E12D19';
+const dangerDark = '#FF3A3A';
+
+// Path
+const pathDefault = primaryGreen;
+const pathConnecting = primaryOrange;
+const pathHover = '#EA5545';
+
+// Transparent
+const transparent = 'transparent';
+
+const COLORS: Colors = {
+  PRIMARY: {
+    GREEN: primaryGreen,
+    BLUE: primaryBlue,
+    YELLOW: primaryYellow,
+    PINK: primaryPink,
+    PURPLE: primaryPurple,
+    ORANGE: primaryOrange,
+    RED: primaryRed,
+  },
+  DANGER: {
+    LIGHT: dangerLight,
+    DARK: dangerDark,
+  },
+  PATH: {
+    DEFAULT: pathDefault,
+    CONNECTING: pathConnecting,
+    HOVER: pathHover,
+  },
+  TRANSPARENT: transparent,
+};
+
+// Themes
+type ThemeColors = {
+  PRIMARY: string;
+  COLOR0: string;
+  COLOR1: string;
+  COLOR2: string;
+  COLOR3: string;
+  COLOR4: string;
+  COLOR5: string;
+  COLOR6: string;
+};
+type Themes = Record<string, ThemeColors>;
+
+// Classic Light
+const classicLightPrimary = '#31F196';
+const classicLight0 = '#000000';
+const classicLight1 = '#6D6D6D';
+const classicLight2 = '#A1A2A1';
+const classicLight3 = '#DFDFDF';
+const classicLight4 = '#F0F0F0';
+const classicLight5 = '#F9F9F9';
+const classicLight6 = '#FFFFFF';
+
+// Classic Dark
+const classicDarkPrimary = '#31F196';
+const classicDark0 = '#000000';
+const classicDark1 = '#1B1B1B';
+const classicDark2 = '#2D2D2D';
+const classicDark3 = '#414141';
+const classicDark4 = '#767676';
+const classicDark5 = '#A1A2A1';
+const classicDark6 = '#FFFFFF';
+
+// Ocean Light
+const oceanLightPrimary = '#57C9FA';
+const oceanLight0 = '#000000';
+const oceanLight1 = '#1A1C28';
+const oceanLight2 = '#252735';
+const oceanLight3 = '#2B2D40';
+const oceanLight4 = '#3D4A5D';
+const oceanLight5 = '#A6A9CE';
+const oceanLight6 = '#FFFFFF';
+
+// Ocean Dark
+const oceanDarkPrimary = '#57C9FA';
+const oceanDark0 = '#19345D';
+const oceanDark1 = '#6A6E90';
+const oceanDark2 = '#5CAACC';
+const oceanDark3 = '#B3EDF2';
+const oceanDark4 = '#E7F3F4';
+const oceanDark5 = '#ECFAFB';
+const oceanDark6 = '#FCFFFF';
+
+const THEMES: Themes = {
+  CLASSIC_LIGHT: {
+    PRIMARY: classicLightPrimary,
+    COLOR0: classicLight0,
+    COLOR1: classicLight1,
+    COLOR2: classicLight2,
+    COLOR3: classicLight3,
+    COLOR4: classicLight4,
+    COLOR5: classicLight5,
+    COLOR6: classicLight6,
+  },
+  CLASSIC_DARK: {
+    PRIMARY: classicDarkPrimary,
+    COLOR0: classicDark0,
+    COLOR1: classicDark1,
+    COLOR2: classicDark2,
+    COLOR3: classicDark3,
+    COLOR4: classicDark4,
+    COLOR5: classicDark5,
+    COLOR6: classicDark6,
+  },
+  OCEAN_LIGHT: {
+    PRIMARY: oceanLightPrimary,
+    COLOR0: oceanLight0,
+    COLOR1: oceanLight1,
+    COLOR2: oceanLight2,
+    COLOR3: oceanLight3,
+    COLOR4: oceanLight4,
+    COLOR5: oceanLight5,
+    COLOR6: oceanLight6,
+  },
+  OCEAN_DARK: {
+    PRIMARY: oceanDarkPrimary,
+    COLOR0: oceanDark0,
+    COLOR1: oceanDark1,
+    COLOR2: oceanDark2,
+    COLOR3: oceanDark3,
+    COLOR4: oceanDark4,
+    COLOR5: oceanDark5,
+    COLOR6: oceanDark6,
+  },
+};
+
+export { COLORS, THEMES };
diff --git a/ts/util/hexColorToRGB.ts b/ts/util/hexColorToRGB.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dc0bef24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/util/hexColorToRGB.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// https://css-tricks.com/converting-color-spaces-in-javascript
+export function hexColorToRGB(hexColor: string): string {
+  let red = 0;
+  let green = 0;
+  let blue = 0;
+
+  // 3 digits
+  if (hexColor.length === 4) {
+    red = Number(`0x${hexColor[1]}${hexColor[1]}`);
+    green = Number(`0x${hexColor[2]}${hexColor[2]}`);
+    blue = Number(`0x${hexColor[3]}${hexColor[3]}`);
+
+    // 6 digits
+  } else if (hexColor.length === 7) {
+    red = Number(`0x${hexColor[1]}${hexColor[2]}`);
+    green = Number(`0x${hexColor[3]}${hexColor[4]}`);
+    blue = Number(`0x${hexColor[5]}${hexColor[6]}`);
+  }
+
+  return `${red}, ${green}, ${blue}`;
+}