diff --git a/flake-modules/rice.nix b/flake-modules/rice.nix
index 12cfc31..717aa19 100644
--- a/flake-modules/rice.nix
+++ b/flake-modules/rice.nix
@@ -7,10 +7,24 @@ pkgs: rec {
   gap-size = 5;
   border-width = 2;
   color = let
-    dark = (-0.5);
-    bright = (0.5);  
-    alter-set = let f = lib.alter-luminace-hex; in color-name: color-value: { base = color-value; dark = f color-value dark; bright = f color-value bright; };
-    alter     = let f = lib.alter-luminace-hex; in             color-value: { base = color-value; dark = f color-value dark; bright = f color-value bright; };
+    dark = (-0.4);
+    darker = (-0.6);
+    bright = 0.4;  
+    brighter = 0.7;  
+    alter-set = let f = lib.alter-luminace-hex; in color-name: color-value: {
+      base = color-value;
+      dark = f color-value dark;
+      darker = f color-value darker;
+      bright = f color-value bright;
+      brighter = f color-value brighter;
+    };
+    alter = let f = lib.alter-luminace-hex; in color-value: {
+      base = color-value;
+      dark = f color-value dark;
+      darker = f color-value darker;
+      bright = f color-value bright;
+      brighter = f color-value brighter;
+    };
     # ccolor = builtins.mapAttrs alter-set (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./colors.json));
     ccolor = builtins.mapAttrs alter-set {
       black =   "#040404"; # "#111111" "#001100";
@@ -33,6 +47,7 @@ pkgs: rec {
       # tertiary = magenta;
       # special = yellow;
       # weird = green;
+      subtle = { darker = "#111111"; dark = "#444444"; base = "#777777"; bright = "#999999"; brighter = "#cccccc"; };
       positive = alter "#00dd00";
       negative = alter "#dd0000";
       border = accent.base;